Lucía y el Sexo (Sex and Lucia)
I have recently been fortunate in my selection of exceptional movies, and Lucía y
el Sexo is a rare masterpiece for many reasons. Most movies are like novels with linear and sometimes nonlinear plots. Lucía y el Sexo is more like a poem where you must find the story from your own experiences and knowledge. Where do I begin and how can I give a synopsis of this poetic film? Well, I will give it a try but it is doomed to fail.
The film revolves around the relationship between Lucia and Lorenzo. Lucia is a young and beautiful waitress, and Lorenzo is a struggling and emotional novelist. Lucia is an avid fan of Lorenzo, and boldly states this when she comes across him at a restaurant after stalking him for a period of time. The two embark in a tumultuous and erotically passionate relationship. The mystical plot then progresses in a nonlinear fashion, interweaving characters in the past and present. It seems that Lorenzo's novel of fiction plays an important role in the film, introducing both themes that confuse reality with fiction. The flow of the film can, at times, be difficult to follow, due mostly to the ambiguity of Lorenzo's literary work.
You do not meet Lucia and Lorenzo in the beginning of the film. The film begins six years before their meeting. You see a beautifully filmed one-night stand between Lorenzo and a woman called Elena. They consummate this under a full moon while swimming in the sea on his birthday. Although the viewer is unsure of the relationship between Lorenzo and Elena, we later learn she bears his daughter who she names Luna, the moon. Lorenzo unknowingly meets his daughter and subsequently witnesses her death in a freak accident.
What I describe is just a bare outline of this movie, but, I think you can see that creation is central to the movie. Lorenzo is creating a novel and he created a daughter, Luna. Also falling into holes, like Alice in Wonderland, is an important part of understanding this movie. You will just have to see the masterpiece film Lucía y el Sexo and come to your own conclusions.