XXY (2007)
Certificate : 15
The story of a 15-year-old intersex person, how she and her family has to cope with gender identity in society. Alex (Ines Efron) was born with both male and female genitalia but living as a female. Sila, her mother, invited a surgeon, his wife and their son Alvaro (Martin Piroyansky), to consider sex reassignment surgery so that Alex will be a “real” daughter. Alex’s father, Nestor (Ricardo Darin), believed Alex should be allowed to decide her gender identity for herself. Alex and Alvaro began a relationship at a time when Alex stopped taking hormones and takes on a more masculine identity. Efron was actually 22 years of age when filming and she is not intersex.
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