Sex, Party & Lies (Spanish: Mentiras y gordas, lit. 'Lies and Big Fat [Lies]')[2] is a 2009 Spanish coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes,[3] starring Mario Casas, Yon González, Ana Polvorosa, Ana de Armas, Hugo Silva, Maxi Iglesias and Alejo Sauras.[4][5]
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| Spanish | Mentiras y gordas |
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| Produced by | Gerardo Herrero |
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| Cinematography | Alfredo Mayo |
| Edited by | Fernando Pardo |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Budget | €3 million |
| Box office | $5.7 million[1] |
Plot
editIt is an ensemble film that tells the story of the relationships among a group of young people preparing for what will be the summer of their lives, immersed in a world of nightclubs and parties. Their lives intertwine in a whirlwind of secrets, lies, flings, confusion, sex, alcohol, and drugs, culminating in a tragic ending. Most of them are unaware that, once they embark on this rite-of-passage journey, there is no turning back — and that lies, when they grow, can have disastrous consequences. The backdrop is the city of Alicante, on the shores of the Mediterranean, where the entire story takes place.
Cast
edit- Mario Casas as Tony[6]
- Ana de Armas as Carola[6]
- Yon González as Nico[6]
- Ana Polvorosa as Marina[6]
- Maxi Iglesias as Pablo[7]
- Marieta Orozco as Sonia[6]
- Alejo Sauras as Bubu[7]
- Hugo Silva as Carlos[6]
- Miriam Giovanelli as Paz[6]
- Asier Etxeandia as Cristo[8]
- Clara Pradas as Rosa[8]
- Esmeralda Moya as Nuria[8]
Production
editSex, Party and Lies is a Tornasol Films and Castafiore Films production.[9] In December 2010, the Ministry of Culture of Spain—then led by Ángeles González Sinde, who had been one of the co-screenwriters of the film five years before becoming minister—granted the film's producing companies €1 million, thus sparking a row of public scrutiny and examination.[10]
Release
editThe film premiered at the Las Palmas Film Festival in March 2009.[11][12] Distributed by Sony Pictures,[9] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 27 March 2009.[13] It opened with a box office gross of €1,813,000 in its debut weekend.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Sex, Party & Lies (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ↑ Perriam, Chris (2013). Spanish Queer Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7486-6586-0.
- ↑ Vall, Pere (5 February 2009). "Mentiras y gordas. Para espectadores sin prejuicios ni ideas preconcebidas". Fotogramas (in Spanish).
- ↑ Minguell, Jordi (2 January 2011). "Mario Casas:'Estoy harto de que digan que es mi momento'". El País (in Spanish).
- ↑ Pastor, Custodio (9 March 2009). "Sexo, drogas y 'house', el cóctel de 'Mentiras y gordas'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Mario Casas y Ana de Armas cuentan 'Mentiras y gordas' en 'Versión Española'" (in Spanish). RTVE. 14 July 2015.
- 1 2 Pala Murcia, Alberto (20 March 2020). "Así han cambiado los protagonistas de 'Mentiras y gordas'" (in Spanish). Los 40.
- 1 2 3 "Mentiras y gordas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura. 2009.
- 1 2 3 Rocamora, Jesús (1 April 2019). "Más sexo y menos abrazos". Público (in Spanish).
- ↑ Rodríguez, Alejandro (29 December 2010). "Un millón para 'Mentiras y gordas'". El Mundo (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Participación en festivales de Mentiras y gordas (Dir: Alfonso Albacete y David Menkes)" (PDF). Latido Films. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ↑ "El Festival de Cine estrena 'Mentiras y gordas'". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 7 March 2009.
- ↑ López, Lourdes (29 December 2010). "González-Sinde da un homenaje de un millón de euros a su 'Mentiras y Gordas'". La Vanguardia (in Spanish).
External links
edit- Sex, Party & Lies at IMDb
- Sex, Party and Lies at the TCM Movie Database (archived)