XXY
by Lucía Puenzo
Alex is a 15-year-old teenager with a heavy secret. Soon after her birth her parents decide to leave Buenos Aires to make a home out of an isolated wooden house tucked away in the dunes of the Uruguayan shoreline.
XXY begins with Alex's parents receiving a couple of friends and their 16-year-old son Álvaro from Buenos Aires. Álvaro's father is a plastic surgeon who accepted the invitation because of his medical concern for Alex. The inevitable attraction between teenagers forces them all to face their worst fears... Rumours are spreading around the town. Alex gets stared at as if she were a freak. People's fascination with her can become dangerous.
XXY begins with Alex's parents receiving a couple of friends and their 16-year-old son Álvaro from Buenos Aires. Álvaro's father is a plastic surgeon who accepted the invitation because of his medical concern for Alex. The inevitable attraction between teenagers forces them all to face their worst fears... Rumours are spreading around the town. Alex gets stared at as if she were a freak. People's fascination with her can become dangerous.
