Tensions of male and female in one body

[Natasha]

Tensions of male and female in one body

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_9769244
7/3/2008

"How must the world appear to someone who has been treated as an exotic
clinical specimen from birth? The moody, surreal "XXY" explores the
world of Alex (Ines Efron), an intersex teenager — born with male and
female sex organs — navigating the treacherous emotional and hormonal
rapids of uncertain gender.

The movie, directed by the Argentine filmmaker Lucía Puenzo and based
on Sergio Bizzio's short story "Cinismo," is not a clinical study,
though months of research went into its creation. It is a somber study
of Alex and her parents when they face the painful crossroads as
adulthood looms."