XXY

Lucia Puenzo's drama XXY probes the psychological aftereffects that adolescent transsexuality can yield. With a name easily applicable to either gender, young teenager Alex's (Ines Efron) hermaphroditic physiology causes a massive identity crisis and severe emotional withdrawal. The problems create ...more

At dusk, right before the sun sets, there is a moment of complete indiscernibility. Figures become shadows, darkness and light melt into each other, and for an instant day and night share the same space. Argentine director Lucía Puenzo’s visually arresting and emotionally affecting film XXY celebrates this liminal space in-between: a place of indiscernible truth. XXY shares the life of Alex, a knobbly kneed, 15-year-old Argentine girl (Inés Efron) who is an unusual intersection of genders: ...more