XXY

Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lucia Puenzo
Ricardo Darin
Ints Efron
Martin Piroyanski
German Palacios
Valeria Bertucelli
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex who was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore, along with their 16-year-old son Álvaro. Alex is immediately attracted to the young man, which adds yet another level of complexity to her personal search for identity, and forces both families to face their worst fears.
Director
Lucia Puenzo
Cast
Ricardo Darin
Ints Efron
Martin Piroyanski
German Palacios
Valeria Bertucelli
Carolina Pelereti
Luciano Nobile
Guillermo Angelelli
Cesar Troncoso
Jean Pierre Reguerraz
Ailin Salas
Lucas Escariz
Martin Piroyansky
Crew
Norma Angeleri
Sergio Bizzio
Natasha Braier
Pablo Carnaghi
Andres Goldstein
Gustavo Guido
Gonzalo Gutierrez
Jose-maria Morales
Manuel Morales
Miguel Morales
Ezequiel Mosquera
Leonardo Petralia
Hugo Primero
Lucia Puenzo
Luis Puenzo
Nicolas Puenzo
Bruno Roberti
Roberto Samuelle
Fernando Sirianni
Fernando Soldevila
Daniel Tarrab
Fabienne Vonier
Beatushka Wojtowicz
Alejandro Zito
Film Details
Technical Specs
Articles
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Puenzo, a native of Argentina, has focused on childhood and adolescent issues related to gender in most of her films, coming down firmly against heteronormative views of child development. Yet her films are far from didactic, focusing instead on imagery and subtle details of characterization. XXY (2007) was her first major international success, winning the Critics Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and awards at the Athens, Bangkok, Cartagena, Kerala, Ljubljana, Montreal and Sao Paolo film festivals. Intersex actress Efron was named Best Actress by the Argentinean Film Critics Association, which also gave awards to the film and its screenplay.
By Frank Miller

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Winner of the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the 2008 San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
Winner of the Outstanding International Dramatic Feature Grand Jury Award at the 2008 Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
Winner of the Skillset New Directors Award at the 2007 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Released in United States Spring May 2, 2008
Released in United States August 15, 2008
Released in United States on Video December 2, 2008
Released in United States August 2007
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States June 2008
Released in United States July 2008
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Rosebud) August 15-26, 2007.
Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 26-April 6, 2008.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Latino Cinemedia) January 24-February 3, 2008.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.
Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (Centerpiece) June 19-29, 2008.
Shown at Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (International Dramatic Feature) July 9-21, 2008.
Based on the short story "Cinismo" written by Sergio Bizzio.
Feature directorial debut for Lucia Puenzo.
Released in United States Spring May 2, 2008 (NY)
Released in United States August 15, 2008 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video December 2, 2008
Released in United States August 2007 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Rosebud) August 15-26, 2007.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 26-April 6, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Latino Cinemedia) January 24-February 3, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.)
Released in United States June 2008 (Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (Centerpiece) June 19-29, 2008.)
Released in United States July 2008 (Shown at Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (International Dramatic Feature) July 9-21, 2008.)