Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
- Awards
- 11 wins & 18 nominations
María Álvarez
- Enfermera
- (as María Alvarez)
Javier Coromina
- Camarero Chiringuito
- (as Javier Corominas)
Alesandra Álvarez
- Luna 1 año
- (as Alesandra Alvarez)
José Ferreira
- Emplastro
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaSome of the most sexual explicit content was made by doubles, not by the main actors.
- GoofsIn one scene,the nipples of nude female are not same.
- Crazy creditsCredits scroll in the opposite direction.
- Alternate versionsThe US cut removes most of the frontal nudity and runs approximately 2 minutes shorter.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Brows Held High: Room in Rome (2013)
- SoundtracksUn Rayo de Sol
Written by Daniel Vangarde (as Vangarde), Claude Carrère and Amado Jaén (as Jaen)
(c) Bleu Blanc Rouge Editions Soc - Editions Productions Zagora
Ediciones Musicales Clipper's, S.L.
Featured review
Outstanding European cinema
(8/10) Refreshing, delightful, sexy. moving and thought-provoking movie from Spain. Not really porn (as the title might suggest) although there is some very artistic explicitness. It is movies like this one that remind us that European cinema can scale the emotional dilemmas and mountains of a story where other films look at a storyline in terms of physical developments. Lucia, a young waitress in Madrid, falls completely in love with a writer. After a period of blissful togetherness, something from his past pulls him in two directions. We are caught up in his moral dilemma, of not wanting to lose the wonderful gift he has found and yet not wanting to be untrue to himself. The semi-autobiographical novel he is writing pulls together the story and the emotions and hopes of the characters and introduces ideas that enable them to heal some of their hurt. A central idea is that of finding a hole (symbolically on the sandy beach) where, after reaching the end of the story, you can jump back into the middle. That way you can try an make things turn out better ("If you give me time", says Lorenzo, Lucia's boyfriend.) A more mature and rounded work than the Director's earlier "Lovers of the Arctic Circle", Sex and Lucia combines wonderful acting, a great story, innovative cinema and spine-tingly beautiful photography. One of my favourite films of the year.
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- Chris_Docker
- May 12, 2002
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,594,779
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $47,591
- Jul 14, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $7,640,680
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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