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Sex and Lucía
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71/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 65, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 85.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young waitress named Lucía retreats to a remote Mediterranean island after a personal tragedy. There, she reflects on her intense relationship with a writer, piecing together their past through his unpublished novel. The narrative fluidly moves between her present solitude and memories of their passionate life in Madrid, exploring how fiction and reality blur as she seeks to understand the events that shaped their love and led to her isolation.
Details
- Director
- Julio Medem
- Writer
- Julio Medem
- Studio
- Sogecine, Alicia Produce
- Released
- 24 August 2001
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $7.6M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 12 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 15 →2 major awards won · 3 wins from 15 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 16th Goya Awards 2002 | Best New Actress | Paz Vega | Winner |
| 16th Goya Awards 2002 | Best Original Score | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| 16th Goya Awards 2002 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| 16th Goya Awards 2002 | Best Director | Julio Medem | Nominee |
| 16th Goya Awards 2002 | Best Original Screenplay | Julio Medem | Nominee |
| 16th Goya Awards 2002 | Best Actor | Tristán Ulloa | Nominee |
| 16th Goya Awards 2002 | Best Supporting Actress | Najwa Nimri | Nominee |
| 16th Goya Awards 2002 | Best Supporting Actress | Elena Anaya | Nominee |
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15 awards — Sex and Lucía
×| Best New Actress | Paz Vega | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| Best Actor | Tristán Ulloa | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Kiko de la Rica | Nominee |
| Best Director | Julio Medem | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Iván Aledo | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Julio Medem | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Agustín Peinado, Alfonso Pino, Santiago Thevenet, Polo Aledo | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Najwa Nimri | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Elena Anaya | Nominee |
| Best Film Performance in a Secondary Role | Elena Anaya | Winner |
| Best Film Performance in a Leading Role | Paz Vega | Nominee |
| Best Film Performance in a Minor Role | Javier Cámara | Nominee |
| Best Film Performance in a Secondary Role | Najwa Nimri | Nominee |