Hair of the Bear vs XXY
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for XXY). XXY is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 1h 32m. XXY is the older of the two (2007 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Hair of the Bear | XXY | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2007 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 26m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Lucía Puenzo |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Ricardo Darín, César Troncoso, Inés Efrón, Martín Piroyansky, Valeria Bertuccelli |
Synopsis
Hair of the Bear
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
XXY
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.
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