Sex and Lucia (DVD)

Sex and Lucia is a Spanish film, written and directed by Julio Medem, probably best known for The Lovers of the Arctic Circle. It is one of those films that it is very hard to classify into a particular genre. Perhaps 'erotic drama' comes closest. As the film opens, we see Lucia (Paz Vega), a waitress in Madrid, having a confused conversation regarding, amongst other things, an island, with her evidently depressed boyfriend. When she goes home, she finds him missing, and fears the worst, and when she then gets a phone call from a policeman who starts to explain about an accident, she runs away, going to the island. The film then makes one of its many ...  Read the complete review