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Title: XXY makes for relentless viewing
Post by: Natasha on September 16, 2008, 05:54:34 PM
XXY makes for relentless viewing

Metro.co.uk (http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/films/article.html?XXY_makes_for_relentless_viewing&in_article_id=308728&in_page_id=27)
9/15/2008

The XXY title refers to an abnormal number of chromosomes, namely
those of teenager Alex, who was born a hermaphrodite.

Sick of negative reactions to her condition, Alex's parents move from
place to place, finally settling in a remote Uruguayan fishing
village.

Here they're visited by a family friend, her plastic surgeon husband
and their sexually confused son, Alvaro (Martín Piroyansky).