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Spanish director Julio Medem’s fifth film, Sex and Lucía, is a passionate and frequently erotic tale on love, loss, sex and fantasy. The story follows its main character, Lucía, on her quest to the truth behind the tragic death of her boyfriend, the novelist Lorenzo. The movie starts with Lucía receiving the phone call telling her of Lorenzo’s accident, which leads her to retreat from Madrid to a quite, secluded Mediterranean island. Lorenzo had spent time on this beautiful sun-bleached island before he met Lucía, yet, for an unknown reason he had always refused to take her there. On the island she discovers the labyrinthine life of her lover through the pages of his novel. His writings reveal the tale of a one-night stand years earlier with Elena, who runs the boarding house Lucía stays at and who furthermore gave birth to a daughter, Luna, after her sexual encounter with Lorenzo. A fact which was unknown to Lorenzo up till a couple of months prior to his accident. Numerous flashbacks take the story back and forth in time revealing the course of Lucía and Lorenzo’s relationship. Lucía, a waitress, expresses her love for Lorenzo and his work during their first encounter, which leads to some erotic scenes leaving abs