Sex and Lucia (2001)

Image via Palm Pictures
Writer-director
Julio Medem created this story about past and present, sex and love, clarity, and confusion between Lucia (
Paz Vega), her boyfriend Lorenzo (
Tristan Ulloa), and the events – many sexual or sex-related – that define their relationship. Vega’s Lucia takes charge in their relationship but there’s real reciprocity as they give each other pleasure, discovering each other’s bodies as a matter of muscle memory (no pun intended) and creating moments pivotal to their emotional lives as well. As it explores their sexual, emotional and creative lives, Medem’s film showcases the many unexpected and yet inextricable connections between sex and experiences that occur outside of intimacy, fueling growth and change.