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XXY

  • 20072007
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 26m
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7.0/10
14K
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Inés Efron in XXY (2007)
A drama centered on a 15-year-old hermaphrodite.
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  • Drama
  • Romance
The story of an intersex fifteen-year-old. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition.The story of an intersex fifteen-year-old. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition.The story of an intersex fifteen-year-old. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
14K
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  • Director
    • Lucía Puenzo
  • Writers
    • Lucía Puenzo(screenplay)
    • Sergio Bizzio(short story "Cinismo")
  • Stars
    • Ricardo Darín
    • Valeria Bertuccelli
    • Germán Palacios
Top credits
  • Director
    • Lucía Puenzo
  • Writers
    • Lucía Puenzo(screenplay)
    • Sergio Bizzio(short story "Cinismo")
  • Stars
    • Ricardo Darín
    • Valeria Bertuccelli
    • Germán Palacios
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 51User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 27 wins & 15 nominations

    Videos1

    XXY
    Trailer 1:22
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    Photos16

    Inés Efron in XXY (2007)
    Martín Piroyansky and Inés Efron in XXY (2007)
    Ricardo Darín and Inés Efron in XXY (2007)
    Inés Efron in XXY (2007)
    Inés Efron in XXY (2007)
    Ricardo Darín and Inés Efron in XXY (2007)
    Ricardo Darín and Inés Efron in XXY (2007)
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    XXY (2007)
    Ricardo Darín and Inés Efron in XXY (2007)
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    Ricardo Darín and Inés Efron in XXY (2007)

    Top cast

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    Ricardo Darín
    Ricardo Darín
    • Krakenas Kraken
    Valeria Bertuccelli
    Valeria Bertuccelli
    • Sulias Suli
    Germán Palacios
    • Ramiroas Ramiro
    Carolina Pelleritti
    • Erikaas Erika
    • (as Carolina Peleritti)
    Martín Piroyansky
    Martín Piroyansky
    • Alvaroas Alvaro
    Inés Efron
    Inés Efron
    • Alexas Alex
    Guillermo Angelelli
    • Juanas Juan
    César Troncoso
    César Troncoso
    • Washingtonas Washington
    Jean Pierre Reguerraz
    • Estebanas Esteban
    Ailín Salas
    • Robertaas Roberta
    Luciano Nóbile
    • Vandoas Vando
    • (as Luciano Martín Nóbile)
    Lucas Escariz
    • Saulas Saul
    • Director
      • Lucía Puenzo
    • Writers
      • Lucía Puenzo(screenplay)
      • Sergio Bizzio(short story "Cinismo")
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    • Trivia
      On September 27, 2007, XXY was chosen to represent Argentina at the Oscars, for the Best Foreign Language Film category. In a rare sweep, it was also chosen to represent Argentina at Spain's Goya Awards, for Best Foreign Film in Spanish. The tradition has been for two separate films to be sent to one of the awards each. The runner-up this year, in both cases, was La señal (2007), also starring (and co-directed by) Ricardo Darín.
    • Goofs
      When Alex, Alvaro and Vando are smoking and drinking by the fire, you can see that Alex isn't actually smoking as no smoke comes out of her mouth. She doesn't even open her mouth after one of the puffs.
    • Quotes

      Alex: I want to sleep with you because I'll never fall in love with you.

    • Connections
      Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)

    User reviews51

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    9/10
    Great movie but fictional - medical background on Klinefelter's Syndrome
    I will not get into any comments on the movie despite the medical facts. I think other people can do and have done this better than me. I just want to say I loved this movie and for who is interested here are some facts why the story is fictional:

    Alex seems to have both genders. She seems to have both - a vagina and a penis - and the doctors already noticed that before she was born. That is referred to as real hermaphroditism, but it is actually not a part of Klinefelter's syndrome, which is a so-called "pseudo-hermaphroditism". All children with an extra X chromosome in addition to XY (so 47,XXY-children) are BOYS. The Sex-determing Region of Y is making them develop to boys. So they won't have nor a vagina nor a uterus and until puberty they are usually not even diagnosed.

    Boys with Klinefelter's Syndrome usually consult a doctor because of insufficient growth of the testes in puberty. Some get gynecomastia (breast development in boys) and stay with a high voice. The penis and hair usually develop normal.

    So as long as they don't have a genetic abnormality on their Y-chromosome they won't be real hermaphrodites, which is a really rare condition anyway and comes along with the normal Karyotypes 46,XX or 46,XY in most cases.

    Anyway it is a great movie! Enjoy!
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    • ankiovi
    • Jan 11, 2009

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    • Release date
      • May 2, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Argentina
      • Spain
      • France
    • Official site
      • MySpace page
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • 我是女生,也是男生
    • Filming locations
      • Piriápolis, Maldonado, Uruguay
    • Production companies
      • Historias Cinematograficas Cinemania
      • Wanda Visión S.A.
      • Pyramide Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $48,334
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,241
      • May 4, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,728,869
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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