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Xxy[2007] [DVD]
enlarge	Director: Lucia Puenzo Actors: Ricardo Darin, German Palacios, Carolina Pelleritti, Valeria Bertuccelli Studio: Petit Peche Category: DVD List Price: ~~£14.99~~ Buy New: £5.39 as of 25/11/2009 07:31 GMT details You Save: £9.60 (64%) New (13) Used (2) from £5.39 Seller: fat_buddha Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 9446 Format: PAL Languages: English (Unknown), Spanish (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 86 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5060018659107 ASIN: B0015YY7BS Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Release Date: September 15, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: 'Why do I have to choose?' October 8, 2008 D. Elliot (UK) 7 out of 8 found this review helpful 15 year old Alex (Inés Efron) was born intersex; she resembles a female (and takes hormones to enhance this), but has male genitals. As she has grown older, her parents moved her from her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to an isolated fishing village on the coast of Uruguay, to avoid the questions of friends and relatives. Her mother is desperate for her to become wholly female, and invites a plastic surgeon (along with his wife and son) to their village to discuss surgical options. The son, Alvaro (Martin Piroyansky), is questioning his own sexuality...which becomes all the more confused as he and Alex grow attracted to one another. br / br /XXY (Spanish, English subtitles) deals with age-old themes (social stigma, parental conflict, societal demands for sexual conformity) in a refreshing context. What does it mean to be 'male' or 'female'? Is the pressure to choose one gender or another innate, or socially-enforced? Are the neuroses that young people suffer wholly attributable to parental desire for social orthodoxy? A post-op female-to-male acquaintance of Alex's father advises: "Making her afraid of her body is the worst thing you can do to a child"...(oddly reminiscent of Van Dijk's classic quote: "Sexuality is something granted to everyone, and to teach a child to abstain from this evident intimacy is perhaps the first form of sexual violence to which it is subjected"). XXY does not seek to resolve these (perhaps unresolvable) questions, but does an excellent job of casting light onto such neglected areas of social life. br / br /The acting is remarkable for what must have been challenging roles; completely natural and unselfconscious. The lead characters do a superb job of conveying (frequently through body language and eye movement) the turmoil that they undergo, but credit also to an exceptional supporting cast, including the powerful performance of Ricardo Darín in the role of Alex's father. The camera work and lighting combine with these other aspects to result in a moody, poignant and most memorable film. Highly recommended. Wonderful film June 9, 2008 Ms. O. R. E. Brook (Glasgow) 6 out of 11 found this review helpful Argentina's submission for the foreign Oscar last year, it's a really intelligent and subtle film. For all the star power of Ricardo Darin (well, for Argentina) it's the teenager(s) that steal the show. Lucía Puenzo Gets Personal December 4, 2008 DL Productions UK (Merseyside, UK) 7 out of 9 found this review helpful When I first saw this film available for rental, I was thinking it was some sort of deformation Alex was suffering, the synopsis was rather bland and not really telling me much about the movie, so I thought why not give it a go? br / br /This film explores the fact that Alex was born a boy but really is a girl, or to give it it's proper term, hermaphrodite. They used to live in Argentina's capital Buenos Ares - but they were bullied out of there due to Alex's condition. Now 15, Alex has to decide what she wants to be, and when a plastic surgeon's son comes along and falls in love with her, the question is, are we really small minded, or is there hope? br / br /To be honest with you, I was quite surprised when I saw this, but it was great to see - Alex (Inés Efron) is amazing - this must have been a tough role to pull off. The shooting locations are perfect too, with the swishing of the sea in the background, and plenty of thinking time between dialogue. The film really does make you question what you would do, and how you would react to the news that your wife has given birth to a hermaphrodite. br / br /I would say though this isn't for everyone, the sex scene with Alvaro and Alex is rather crude but the worst part has to be the part where a local gang are trying to touch Alex - it's uncomfortable viewing at the best. br / br /This film really does leave more questions than answers, this is why I felt I had to review it, and the quality of the script, acting and scene - this for example wouldn't have been as good in a crowded and loud city, but in the quiet parts of the Argentine border this works really well. Also it has had 20 wins, very deserving of them too, as it really questions the base level of life - and how we perceive trans gender and hermaphrodites. br / br /The DVD gives this movie justice, good quality image and a 5.1 DTS audio track - thankfully in the original Latin American Spanish, not an English dub. You get subtitles to guide you through, which sit nicely in the frame and are visible 99.9% of the time. The colours look great and do the landscape justice, and the sound has good dynamics. br / br /There are not many extras on here, a few deleted scenes and an interview with Ines and Martin, which they discuss the themes in the movie and how Argentine cinema is today. There are also drawings the pair made. Shame the director didn't make an interview for this - but that's the way it goes. br / br /This is worth watching, mainly because the inter sexual side of it is mainly used to confront the basic ideas of what sexuality is and what we are and how we behave.

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