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Tomboy
Why this pick
Like XXY, it observes a young person testing identity against social expectations with remarkable restraint, naturalistic performances, and an intimate, non-sensational emotional perspective.
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MOVIE2007 1h 26m ARG
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Alex Kraken is a 15-year-old intersex person, born with both male and female genitals, who has been living and presenting herself as female and using medicines to suppress masculine features, such as a beard, and to attempt to have more feminine features. At the time of the movie, Alex has recently stopped taking her medication without telling her parents, which will cause her masculine features to begin to develop more.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ricardo Darín
Kraken
Valeria Bertuccelli
Suli
Inés Efron
Alex
Martín Piroyansky
Alvaro
Ailín Salas
Roberta
Germán Palacios
Ramiro
Carolina Pelleritti
Erika
César Troncoso
Washington