XXY (Region A) (English Subtitled) [Import]

A letter to Lucía Puenzo:Dear Lucia, thank you for your amazing film XXY. I just finished watching it on DVD and I am truly moved not only by your artistry and confidence in filmmaking but also by the subject you so sensitively depict. You created an immense emotional human drama from a taboo subject.Fortunately social norms are in constant change, but we are still living with so many stigmatized topics from the past, and films like yours bring a great contribution to slowly but surely erase society's negative behavior about unusual or dissimilar people. We are all human beings made of the same stuff.Your film is HONEST. You succeeded to create a non-exploitive wonderful film encouraging us to be sensitive to each other, understand and enjoy the diversity this noble nature is offering. The major characters in your film are interesting, different and talented, young Alex and Alvaro are convincing and touching.I will cherish this film for a long, long time to come. I will recommend to all my friends and eagerly waiting for your next creation. You are a talented artist.Respectfully,Adam

This is clearly not the type of film Americans are accustomed to. Yes, it is a "dark" film, also filmed from a very intense human interest viewpoint. It is a quiet film. The main characters are in the final stage of struggling with their feelings of rejection or acceptance of their situation, the 15 year old hermaphrodite XXY teenage "girl", a sexually confused teenage boy, rejected by his machismo Argentinean surgeon father, and the parents of the girl who are struggling with the moral burdens of deciding whether to let their daughter decide on her ultimate sexuality or to yield to society's pressure to have her castrated and have her male parts amputated. The actors and actresses are well chosen and as they are not "beautiful people", do not distract from the central emotional and moral issues involved. If you are interested in find a titillating or sex oriented movie, stay away from this; you won't either understand it or like it. If you are interested in viewing a depiction of personal struggle and eventual resolution, this should be for you.

Complicated, challenging subject matter handled with finesse by the director and actors. I have no idea why this film is rated 18+ as there is nothing the least bit explicit or graphic in it. Should have been an R at most.I love that the center of all the angst, Alex, after being allowed head space by her father to make her own choice, is thinking perhaps no binary choice has to be made at all. Alex seems to be leaning toward wanting to live as a man, but isn't sure about that yet. I was fascinated by the additional layers of possibility in the film: Is she thinking she may want to live as a gay man? Maybe. That'd be fine too.Really liked the visiting boy's attitude toward Alex after the incident in the loft. He doesn't freak out one way or the other, he just knows and accepts that he liked what happened and he wants more of it. He seems totally ready to accept and perhaps love Alex just as they are. It saddened me to see that a life of alienation and rejection has left Alex unable to accept the affection of someone who accepts and embraces the entirety of who they are. At the end it is Alex who makes it all about their genitals, not the boy. I felt badly for him. And his father is a major jerk. Oh well, maybe there will be a sequel. It would be interesting to see where Alex goes from here.

A brave film treated with a small dose of medical information or folkloric mentioning. There's very little the world knows about hermaphrodites, although they do exist and appear occasionally as folkloric beings in history rather than legitimate human beings.I haven't heard about androgynous individuals since Boccacio's Decameron three decades ago; these individuals possess both genitals, a penis and a vagina; folklore has them as being of feminine, beautiful appearance, shy and introverted; one may say antisocial. Nothing like that is portrayed in XXY.The film has homosexual undertones which, in my opinion, tend to divert the attention of the public to something that might not be. An example is the translation, the original dialogue is written in proper Spanish, while the translation is rather vulgar and trashy. Then the hermaphrodite's character behavior is out of context, it rapes a boy with anal sex, and they both expressed they liked it. The classic submissiveness, timidity and sheepishness of the hermaphrodite is totally shattered in this film.Ricardo Darin who plays the androgynous' father is one of the most recognized actors in Argentina, one of his better films is The Nine Queens, a good suspense film. It appears that after it, he came out of the closet and became an activist for the lgbt movement down there. Which is fine, people can do what ever they want with their lives.As afore stated, there seems to exist very little public or medical information about this condition of gender and sexuality, since I watched the film, I've been gleaning and skimming the surface and could not find any more that I had already known; perhaps if I make a more profund search I might find better explanations and consensus on the matter. But I don't have the time or desire to become an erudite on hermaphrodites.I do, however, recommend the film, I watched with more than a grain of salt, but it treats an area many don't dare to film.

Didn't know what to expect but this was an emotional tour de force. Glad I watched it!

libro intrigante e emozionante

A great film,a delicate subject,handled very well so what's the problemsBeing born with both genitals ,is't a problem,until Adults,mess the person upAdults,are crap at dealing with sensitive issues,like wise doctorsI was horrified ,as the film basically was about ,being unable to accept their beautiful offspring was differentI thought the film was ignorant of how the daughter/son was and had to deal with ,the issuePerhaps that's what the intention was,I just felt,the kid,was going, through hell .So what is there was two genitalia ,this person was a human being,who still needed parents loveI would urge everyone to watch this film,perhaps I am being out off turn. As it's not happened to me.

Preciosa historia de hermafroditismo narrada con respeto, sinceridad y valor. Sin pretensiones moralizantes ni políticas, simplemente narración de una historia difícil. Y precisamente esta sencillez la erige en propuesta moral y política.

Sujet abordé avec beaucoup de pudeur, un film captivant, absorbant.... une merveille .. .. ... ... ... ... .. ..

Der Film befasst sich mit dem Thema Intersexualität. Alex hat von Geburt an sowohl weibliche als auch männliche Geschlechtsmerkmale. Häufig wird nach der Geburt ein medizinischer Eingriff vorgenommen, um ein eindeutiges Geschlecht beim Kind zu haben. Alex wurde jedoch nicht operiert und die Eltern haben ihr selbst die Entscheidung gelassen, wie sie ihr Leben leben will und welche Identität sie für sich dabei annimmt.Der Film ist sehr berührend und ist ein guter Einstieg, um sich einmal mit der Thematik zu befassen.Interessant ist diesbezüglich auch, sich mit der diesbezüglichen Diskussion des Ethikrates von 2012 auseinanderzusetzen.