CINEGEEK.DE Mindgame Movies II 

One of the characters in Sex And Lucia is writing a novel. What he writes also happens to him. Or he imagines it would happen. Him and his girlfriend Lucia. Or both are only in the novel. In any case, we - the audience - soon know connections that the characters on the screen don't even suspect. Additional connections are created because the actor (who embodies the novel author) plays two roles. One is real. And the other, too, I think. You notice that it is simply impossible to summarize such a plot here. Especially since I'm not sure I understood it at all. Is it possible to understand Sex And Lucia completely at all? Or is confusion simply part of the concept? Once Julio Medem staged a film that resembled a palindrome. The plot begins at both ends and meets in the middle. Consequently, its protagonists were Ana and Otto. Medem likes to play with our minds and can do that well. But he is not a boaster. Because it's about more than mere showmanship. And here the plot comes in very rough form: Lucia (Pax Vega), a waitress, receives a phone call which makes her believe that her lover Lorenzo (Tristan Ulloa) has died in an accident. She desperately drives to an island whose surface appears almost white, but under which there are shallows - caves. There Lucia meets the (naked) diver Carlos (Daniel Freire). He offers her a guesthouse near Elena (Najwa Nimri). In the prologue we learned that Elena is the mother of Lorenzo's daughter. Back then, during a magical night, Elena slept with Lorenzo. They never exchanged their names. They never saw each other again afterwards. Six years later Lucia meets Lorenzo. She tells him that she has read his novel. Lucia confesses to Lorenzo that she has fallen in love with him. Now the sex begins - and there are indeed explicit, great sex scenes (which even seem charming!). But then Lorenzo can't finish his second novel. Basically, his second novel is about Lorenzo finding out where his child is. He visits the child who is cared for by the sexy Belen (Elena Anaya). And now attention! There is a dream sequence that is crucial for the film. Look closely! However: Do these scenes only exist in the novel? And is Elena possibly on the island? On the other side? The characters appear in different combinations. Like in a triangle. And they don't know anything about each other. For example, Carlos, the diver, is also Antonio, Belen's mother's friend. So much for the plot. The pictures resemble those of sex films from the 70s. With a lot of nudity and passionate sex! A real adult film. And through the absurd plot the characters are freed, so that we can concentrate much better on them. Sounds crazy, but that's how it is. Until the end there will be so many alternatives in the plot that it would be unnecessary to commit to one. Sex And Lucia is a movie with a hole in the middle. Just like the island. And then it starts all over again. The single parts work, though. The characters anyway, especially Lucia. We like her and we admire how she deals with her grief. Lucia is for me one of the most sympathetic canvas figures ever! Everything around her is light.