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XXY

Name: XXY
Director: Lucía Puenzo
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007-06-14
Cast: Inés Efrón, Martín Piroyansky, Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios

Drama

Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her gender, she meets both hostility and compassion.

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Cast

Inés EfrónMartín PiroyanskyRicardo DarínValeria BertuccelliGermán PalaciosCarolina PelerittiGuillermo AngelelliCésar TroncosoJean Pierre ReguerrazAilín SalasLuciano NóbileLucas Escariz

Director

Lucía Puenzo

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