Sex and Lucia (2001)

Lucía y el sexo

Writer and director Julio Medem (Room in Rome) certainly ain't afraid of nudity in his movies. One of the few good things about Room in Rome was its use of natural nudity without sexual content, but as I now found out he's done a lot better before.

There's certainly a far amount of exploitative pictures in this movie, but anyone can find them self a decent porn if that's their thing. What I did indeed like about it was the way Medem takes us into the first stages of relationship between Lucia and Lorenzo. The way he shows the exploring of each other, the playfulness, the flirting and seduction, using photos as an instrument, and yes; the lust. It involves a lot of nudity, but Medem paints a very good picture of how some relationships are in the beginning. It's refreshing to not be shut out of it like most directors does do keep the MPAA's happier.

Sadly the movie goes under from there. The rest of it isn't at all interesting, tripping over it self to be innovative, clever or whatever. It's worth watching for the prior paragraph's reasons alone, but I wouldn't hold it against you at all if you never watch it to the end.