Cuerpos anfibios: metamorfosis y ectoentidad sexual en XXY de Lucia Puenzo

AbstractI analyze Lucía Puenzo’s filmXXY (Argentina, 2007) from theprism of the relation between theliving matter of the Uruguayancoast and the film’s proposalregarding sexual diversity.I suggest the phrase sexualectoentity to distinguish the wayin which the film representsthe connection of the body, sexand gender in fictionalizing anintersex case by associatinghuman animals with amphibiansand reptiles typical of the coast,especially marine turtles thatmigrate crossing the Atlanticand are currently an endangeredspecies. Insofar as turtles asturtles are not only ectothermicbut also temperature dependentfor their sex determination, theyrepresent a singular relationaldynamism of living matter thatruns the risk of extinction in ourera and that the film associateswith sexual variation.