XXY

Argentina-2007-colour-90 mins
Direction: Lucia Puenzo
Cast: Recardo Darin, Valeria Bertucceli, German Palacios, Carolina Peieritti

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. Then a couple of friends from Buenos Aires come visiting them with their 16-year-old son Alvaro. Alvaro’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 the town. Alex get stared at as if she were a freak. People’s fascination with her can become dangerous.

Suvarna Chakoram for Best Picture-IFFK 2007(shared with 10+4)
Rajatha Chakoram for best debut film of a director (Lucia Puenzo) - IFFK 2007