Cinematheque: Argentine Female Directors, Argentine Actresses
XXY
- Date Feb. 29
- Time 7:30 p.m.
- Location4070 Vilas Communication Hall
- DescriptionArgentina, 2007, 35mm, color, subtitled, 86 min. Directed by Lucía Puenzo, with Inés Efron, Valeria Bertuccelli, Ricardo Darín. The film explores hermaphrodite Alex's painful search for gender identity when she is pressured by her parents to "choose." Puenzo's sensitive treatment tackles a difficult topic with openness and lack of judgment. This accomplished debut is Argentina's 2008 nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
- Contact262-3627, heckman@wisc.edu
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