Lucía (Paz Vega) is a young waitress in a restaurant in the centre of Madrid. Lorenzo (Tristan Ulloa) is a a writer who is blocked , while his editor (Javier Camara) suggests him he write about a sexual tryst and to put a lot of sex in it . This meeting is interrupted by the beautiful young woman Lucia who confesses she has been watching him for some time , since she fell in love with his first novel . Then, there takes place an enjoyable romance between them . Later on , it happens a distress and Lucia seeks refuge on a quiet , secluded Mediterranean island Formentera -in Majorca Islands- ; there Lucia starts discovering the dark corners of her past . Various lives (Najwa Nimri , Daniel Freire, Paz Vega) converge on an isolated island , all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
A poetic and complex film , resulting in a little boring and dull story .This is a surprising , mysterious , ravishing and gorgeous picture ; however , it turns out to be tiring . Strange story about peculiar love stories among unsettling and grieving youngsters who suffer distresses and unfortunes . Spanish production with fine acting , colorful cinematography , excellent settings and rousing musical score by Alberto Iglesias . Julio Medem directed the film for Sogetel and producers Enrique López Lavigne , Fernando Bovaira , and it was released in 2001 . Julio Medem likes to disorient , his characters like to challenge each other too . Love and sex are the dual starting points for the entwined script strands of another Julio Medem walk in a world full of sensitivity and pain . There's lots of sex here , exhibicionist , ecstatic , and exuberant giving way to a more damaging hedonism . Although the film itself starts slow and running outwards and backwards , teasing with its secrets .
Exceptional cinematography showing Formentera island , bathed in an atmosphere of fresh air and dazzling sun by Kiko De La Rica . It displays a sensitive and emotive musical score by Alberto Iglesias . The motion picture was originally directed by Julio Medem . This is his most successful film , his first movie was ¨Vacas¨, his second one , "Ardilla Roja" or ¨The red squirrel¨ released in 1993, was selected for the Cannes Film Festival and it confirmed Medem's talents and won prizes in Fort Lauderdale, Bogota and Bucarest . Medem had been making short movies with a super-8 camera owned by his father until he received a call from a new production company called Sogetel and executive producers Fernando de Garcillán , José Luis Olaizola , Enrique López Lavigne . They were interested in his script titled "Vacas" . It won the Goya Award from the Spanish academy for best new director, and won prizes in the festivals of Tokyo, Torino and Alexandria. In 1998 Medem released " The lovers of the Polar Circle ," considered his best movie by most of his fans . It also became a box-office hit with more than one million spectators in Spain and was also released worldwide. In 2001 his fourth movie, "Lucia and sex ," became a huge hit and began the career of actress Paz Vega who won the Goya for best new actress . Although in 2003 failed with the release , "The Basque ball" , a documentary that portrays the phenomenon of nationalism and terrorism in the Basque Country of northern Spain , it was very polemical and partial . In 2007 directed the flop ¨Caotica Ana¨ and in 2010 , ¨Room in Rome¨, a successful though with not sense film , plenty of nudism and only starred by two gorgeous naked girls . Julio Medem is for sure one of the the most important and original Spanish filmmaker. Rating : 5.5/10 . Well worth watching if you get the chance , thanks to photography and soundtrack , though a little bit boring and slow-paced .
A poetic and complex film , resulting in a little boring and dull story .This is a surprising , mysterious , ravishing and gorgeous picture ; however , it turns out to be tiring . Strange story about peculiar love stories among unsettling and grieving youngsters who suffer distresses and unfortunes . Spanish production with fine acting , colorful cinematography , excellent settings and rousing musical score by Alberto Iglesias . Julio Medem directed the film for Sogetel and producers Enrique López Lavigne , Fernando Bovaira , and it was released in 2001 . Julio Medem likes to disorient , his characters like to challenge each other too . Love and sex are the dual starting points for the entwined script strands of another Julio Medem walk in a world full of sensitivity and pain . There's lots of sex here , exhibicionist , ecstatic , and exuberant giving way to a more damaging hedonism . Although the film itself starts slow and running outwards and backwards , teasing with its secrets .
Exceptional cinematography showing Formentera island , bathed in an atmosphere of fresh air and dazzling sun by Kiko De La Rica . It displays a sensitive and emotive musical score by Alberto Iglesias . The motion picture was originally directed by Julio Medem . This is his most successful film , his first movie was ¨Vacas¨, his second one , "Ardilla Roja" or ¨The red squirrel¨ released in 1993, was selected for the Cannes Film Festival and it confirmed Medem's talents and won prizes in Fort Lauderdale, Bogota and Bucarest . Medem had been making short movies with a super-8 camera owned by his father until he received a call from a new production company called Sogetel and executive producers Fernando de Garcillán , José Luis Olaizola , Enrique López Lavigne . They were interested in his script titled "Vacas" . It won the Goya Award from the Spanish academy for best new director, and won prizes in the festivals of Tokyo, Torino and Alexandria. In 1998 Medem released " The lovers of the Polar Circle ," considered his best movie by most of his fans . It also became a box-office hit with more than one million spectators in Spain and was also released worldwide. In 2001 his fourth movie, "Lucia and sex ," became a huge hit and began the career of actress Paz Vega who won the Goya for best new actress . Although in 2003 failed with the release , "The Basque ball" , a documentary that portrays the phenomenon of nationalism and terrorism in the Basque Country of northern Spain , it was very polemical and partial . In 2007 directed the flop ¨Caotica Ana¨ and in 2010 , ¨Room in Rome¨, a successful though with not sense film , plenty of nudism and only starred by two gorgeous naked girls . Julio Medem is for sure one of the the most important and original Spanish filmmaker. Rating : 5.5/10 . Well worth watching if you get the chance , thanks to photography and soundtrack , though a little bit boring and slow-paced .