XXY
Lucia Puenzo
Categories:
Foreign Feature, Out on Film
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Run time:
91 min.
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Argentina, Spain, France
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Language:
Spanish with English subtitles
Argentina’s official submission to the Academy Awards is a film about Alex, 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 in the dunes of the Uruguayan shoreline. Then, a couple of friends from Buenos Aires come for a 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… Rumours are spreading around town. Alex gets stared at as if she were a freak. People´s fascination with her can become dangerous.
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Landmark Midtown #7 |
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5:27 AM
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Argentina's official entry for the Foreign Language Oscar for 2007, features a mesmerizing and unique performance from its young lead, Ines Efron. It is difficult to talk about her character without giving away spoilers. However, she near brilliantly maneuvers through the complicated emotional and physical conflicts her character faces. The film itself is typical of what I have experienced of Argentine cinema: it is bleak and slow. However, in this instance, the plot has a physical hook that keeps the screenplay from becoming too inwardly directed and, for lack of a better terminology, Stuff Happens! Hopefully stuff will happen for Efron and we will see much more from her! http://jaycbird.blogspot.com |
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