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Special Film Screening at CSUN, September 14, 730-10pm
The Center for Ethics and Values and the Center for Sex and Gender Research at California State University, Northridge, kick off this fall’s free film screenings with XXY, directed by Lucia Puenzo. This event is free and open to the public in the Library Presentation Room at the Oviatt Library at CSUN. Campus parking is $6.
The film is being presented in Spanish with English subtitles and has won the Critics Week Grand Prize at Cannes Film Festival and the New Directors Award at Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Film synopsis: Alex is a 15-year-old teenager with a 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 Alvaro. Alvaro's father is a plastic surgeon who accepted the invitation because of his medical interest in 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.
The film will be followed by a discussion.
For more information, please contact the Director of the Center for Sex and Gender Research, Jacob Hale, or visit the event page on Facebook.
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