Recommendation: XXY
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xxy
foreign movie from argentina, in spanish
foreign movie from argentina, in spanish
A very interesting movie about an intersexed 15 year old.
From Netflix.com:
“Inés Efron plays Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, in this compelling tale. Though she’s living as a girl, Alex 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.”
Posted by xMech on May 18th, 2011 at 08:00 am
Category: recommendations, videos 9 comments »
May 18th, 2011 at 8:17 am |
I enjoyed this movie, but parts of it were really tough to watch. There is a pretty brutal scene of sexual assault.
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SANTARII replied:
May 19th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
I remember that scene.
That scene was really difficult to watch, had me on the edge of my seat, then so angry, then saddened. Possibly not in that order.
The film is just brilliant though.
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May 19th, 2011 at 2:27 pm |
Inés Efron is the best. She’s also in a lesbian movie called The Fish Child.
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May 19th, 2011 at 4:11 pm |
to anyone considering watching this film, if you have a problem with borderline child pornography and/or rape scenes, don’t watch this. XXY needs a trigger warning.
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Nijuro replied:
May 20th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Child pornography? With a 15 year old character being portrayed by a 22 year old?
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Sonia replied:
May 22nd, 2011 at 4:41 pm
There was absolutely nothing pornographic about this film. There was a sexual assault scene, which was incredibly painful to watch, but absolutely nothing intended to be titillating. It’s really just a beautiful movie.
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Sean replied:
June 12th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
There was a sex scene too, way before the sexual assault scene.
I thought the movie was interesting, but I didn’t actually like it all that much. Interesting characters, but a relatively boring plot.
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May 21st, 2011 at 2:14 pm |
this film is exceptional. definitely recommend!
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September 17th, 2011 at 11:36 pm |
This discription is a bit inaccurate. The person in the movie is intersex not just questioning their gender hence the “XXY” title.
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