Octopus Alarm (2006)

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 1H 48M

Director : Elisabeth Scharang

Sinopse

Alex is intersex. Although he has XY chromosomes, his sex is ambiguous. When Alex was an infant, his mother authorised genital reassignment surgery, and he was thereafter raised female. Now Alex is an adult, and he is consumed by feelings of anger and loss. After meeting other "XY women" and doing a lot of soul-searching, he decides he wants to live as a man.

Atores

Alex Jurgen
Alex Jurgen
Self

Tripulações

Veit Heiduschka
Veit Heiduschka
Producer
Christine Ollinger
Christine Ollinger
Editor
Josef Neuper
Josef Neuper
Cinematography
Christian Schneider
Christian Schneider
Cinematography
Elisabeth Scharang
Elisabeth Scharang
Director
Elisabeth Scharang
Elisabeth Scharang
Writer

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