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XXY /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: Year 6, film 5 | Film MovementLanguage: Spanish Subtitle language: English Series: Film Movement series ; v. 6, film 5.Publisher: Argentina : Historias Cinematograficas Cinemania : Pyramide Productions, 2007Distributor: [New York] : Film Movement, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781436140874
  • 1436140870
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .X86 2008
NLM classification:
  • FB GE 2007 X89
Online resources:
Contents:
XXY (87 minutes) -- Der Aufreisser (The pick-up artist) (13 minutes).
Production credits:
  • XXY: cinematography, Natasha Braier ; music, Andrés Goldstein, Daniel Tarrab ; editors, Alex Zito, Hugo Primero.
  • Der Aufreisser: H2 Medienproduktion present ; in coproduction with ARTE ; producer, Holger Haase and Steffen Weinert ; written and directed by Steffen Weinert ; cinematographer, Ulle Hadding ; editor, Ramin Sabeti ; music, Thomas Mehlhorn.
Awards:
  • Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards, 2008: Silver Condor Award for Best Actress (Ines Efron) ; Goya Awards, 2008: Best Spanish Language Film ; Ariel Awards, 2008: Silver Ariel Award for Best Latin Film ; Cannes Film Festival, 2007: Critics Week Grand Prize and Grand Golden Rail (Lucia Puenzo) ; Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2007: New Director's Award (Lucia Puenzo).
Cast: XXY: Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios, Carolina Pelleritti, Martín Piroyansky, Inés Efron, Guillermo Angelelli, César Troncoso, Jean Pierre Reguerraz, Ailin Salas, Luciano Nobile, Lucas Escariz.Cast: Der Aufreisser: Steffen Groth, Chantal Hourticolon, Nina Weniger.Summary: XXY: "Alex is a 15-year-old teenager with a dark secret. Soon after her birth, her parents decide to leave Buenos Aires to settle in an isolated wooden house tucked away in the dunes of the Uruguayan shoreline. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit with their 16-year-old son Álvaro. Álvaro's father is a plastic surgeon who accepted the invitation because of his medical concern for Alex. The inevitable attraction between the teenagers forces both families to face their worst fears. As rumors begin to spread, the town's fascination with Alex becomes dangerous."-- Container.Summary: Der Aufreisser = The pick-up artist: "Olli only wants to have noncommittal sex, but that becomes difficult when he meets the 6-year-old daughter of his one-night-stand."-- Container
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02700 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050193541

Includes: This month's short film: Der Aufreisser = The pick-up artist, directed by Steffen Weinert (Germany, 13 minutes).

XXY is based on the story "Cinismo" by Sergio Bizzio.

XXY was originally released as a motion picture in 2007.

Der Aufreisser was originally produced in 2006.

Special features: biographies; XXY theatrical trailer; miscellaneous Film Movement trailers.

XXY (87 minutes) -- Der Aufreisser (The pick-up artist) (13 minutes).

Not rated.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.77:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital stereo.

In Spanish with optional English subtitles; short film is in German with English subtitles.

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards, 2008: Silver Condor Award for Best Actress (Ines Efron) ; Goya Awards, 2008: Best Spanish Language Film ; Ariel Awards, 2008: Silver Ariel Award for Best Latin Film ; Cannes Film Festival, 2007: Critics Week Grand Prize and Grand Golden Rail (Lucia Puenzo) ; Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2007: New Director's Award (Lucia Puenzo).

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