XXY

Lucia Puenzo’s XXY (2007) is the story of an intersected girl coming of age in a small Uruguayan village.  Over the course of the film, she and her parents face the consequences of secrecy and surgery in regards to concealing this aspect of her identity.

Interviews:
Cine Astoria (Sept. 14, 2009)
Javier Estrata, El Mundo (Jan. 9, 2009)
Bijan Tehrani, Cinema without Borders (Feb. 19, 2008)
Pablo Goldbarg, REALFIC(c/t)ION (April 29, 2008)
FilmCatcher (April 11, 2008):

Reviews:
Intersex Activist Anne Tamar-Mattis, Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice (Spring 2009)
Roger Ebert, rogerebert.com (Sept. 5, 2008)
Phillip French, The Observer (May 11, 2008)
Stephen Holden, New York Times (May 2, 2008)

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