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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2007 - 10.21 July

Sections & Films

XXY

Category: Edition 2007

Synopsis

Alex is a 15-year-old teenager with a dark secret. Soon after her birth, her parents decide to leave Buenos Aires to settle in an isolated wooden house tucked away amidst the dunes of the Uruguayan shoreline. Then a couple of friends from Buenos Aires come to visit with their 16-year-old son Álvaro. Álvaro’s father is a plastic surgeon who accepted the invitation because of his medical concern for Alex. The inevitable attraction between both teenagers forces them all to face their worst fears…Rumors are spreading around town. Alex gets stared at as if she were a freak. People’s fascination with her could become dangerous.

Original Title XXY
Italian Title XXY
Category Out of competition
Section Troubled Gaze
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 91'
Production Year 2007
Nationality Argentina, France, Spain
Directed by Lucía Puenzo
Screenplay Lucía Puenzo
Based on the book "Cinismo"
by Sergio Bizzio
Director of photography Natasha Braier
Editor Alex Zito, Hugo Primero
Production Design Roberto Samuelle
Costume Design Luisina Troncoso
Sound Fernando Soldevila
Music Andrés Goldstein, Daniel Tarrab
Main cast Ricardo Darín (Kraken)
Valeria Bertuccelli (Suli)
Germán Palacios (Ramiro)
Carolina Peleritti (Erika)
Inés Efron (Alex)
Guillermo Angelelli (Juan)
Produced by Luis Puenzo, Jose María Morales
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xxy regLucía Puenzo

Born 1976, Buenos Aires (Argentina). After studying literature, cinema and theatre, she publishes three novels, El Niño Pez, 9 Minutos e La Maldición de Jacinta Pichimahuida. She directed short films, documentaries and TV series. XXY is her first feature film.

Production
Historias Cinematograficas Cinemania

 

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