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Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her gender, she meets both hostility and compassion.

Buenos Aires serves as a lush, restless backdrop for a teenager caught between the biological realities of her body and the shifting expectations of her peers. This intimate portrait captures the quiet, aching friction that occurs when a family must confront a truth that defies simple categorization.

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