Plot
Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
Release Year: 2001
Rating: 7.3/10 (17,097 voted)
Critic's Score: 65/100
Director:
Julio Medem
Stars: Paz Vega, Tristán Ulloa, Najwa Nimri
Storyline Lucía is a young waitress in a restaurant in the centre of Madrid. After the loss of her long-time boyfriend, a writer, she seeks refuge on a quiet, secluded Mediterranean island. There, bathed in an atmosphere of fresh air and dazzling sun, Lucía begins to discover the dark corners of her past relationship, as if they were forbidden passages of a novel which the author now, from afar, allows her to read.
Cast: Paz Vega
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Lucía
Tristán Ulloa
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Lorenzo
Najwa Nimri
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Elena
Daniel Freire
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Carlos
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Antonio
Elena Anaya
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Belén
Silvia Llanos
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Luna
Diana Suárez
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Madre de Belén
Javier Cámara
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Pepe
Juan Fernández
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Jefe
Charo Zapardiel
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Comadrona
María Álvarez
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Enfermera
(as María Alvarez)
Javier Coromina
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Camarero Chiringuito
(as Javier Corominas)
Arsenio León
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Futbolista
Alesandra Alvarez
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Luna 1 año
David Bulnes
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Opening Weekend: ESP 83,400,000
(Spain)
(26 August 2001)
(110 Screens)
Gross: $1,490,177
(USA)
(27 October 2002)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Some of the most sexual explicit content was made by doubles, not by the main actors.
Quotes: Lucía:
Which do you prefer? Wild sex with a stranger? Or sex with someone you know, someone you love, but also wild? Lorenzo:
What? Lucía:
You have to choose. Wild sex with a stranger, or wild sex with someone who's crazy about you, and who you love? Go ahead. Be frank. Lorenzo:
With you. Lucía:
Finally...
User Review
It's not about sex. . .
Rating: 9/10
. . .and it's not really even about Lucia! Lucia y el Sexo is actually about
Lorenzo, Lucia's novelist boyfriend, and the consequences of a sexual
encounter he had in the past which has led to a catastrophic event in his
life. It's a languid and tempestuous poem of a movie, told in a non-linear
way by the extremely ambitious Julio Medem.
As a novelist myself, I deeply related to Lorenzo's blurring of reality and
imagination. Your characters MUST be real to you in order for them to live
and breathe on the page, and so much of your own life goes into the
characters that the lines of course do blur. And then there's the
subconscious, which cannot differentiate between fantasy and reality. Medem
understands all this very well, and his depiction of it is remarkable.
The title, I believe, refers to Lorenzo's past (The Sex and what happened
as a result of it), and his present (Lucia). Paz Vega and Tristan Ulloa are
stunning as the two leads - Vega with her fierce intelligence and Ulloa with
his tormented vulnerability. I would have given this film a 10 if it hadn't
been for the fact that the most pivotal scene is shot in an incredibly vague
manner, which left me confused as to what had actually happened until much
later in the movie, but it is a brilliant and heartfelt experience
nonetheless.
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