(French title: Neither Eve, Neither Adam: An Intersex Story)
Directed by Floriane Levigne
“Intersex” is a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that do not seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male. It is estimated that 2% of the population are born with some kind of gender variation. For example, a person might be born appearing to be female on the outside, but having mostly male-typical anatomy on the inside. This doc is abut Intersex people. The main issue is to decide for the intersex person whether to be male or female and in many cases, an operation done at an early age to fix the gender. However, as the body develops, the chromosomes might turn out the opposite. NO BOX FOR ME examines this problem with 3 intersex subjects, letting them have their say. Animation is used to illustrate the problem they go through. The film though running just around 60 minutes, will be an eye-opener for many, myself included for the one reason that I do not know any intersex people. The films best line is uttered by an intersex man to an intern lady, of the people that have insulted him because of his condition: “I pity them. They will always be normal. We will always be different.”
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