Sex, Party and Lies

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]

Sex, Party and Lies
Theatrical release poster
SpanishMentiras y gordas
Directed by
  • Alfonso Albacete
  • David Menkes
Written by
Produced byGerardo Herrero
Starring
CinematographyAlfredo Mayo
Edited byFernando Pardo
Music by
  • Juan Sueiro
  • Juan Carlos Molina
Production
companies
  • Castafiore Films
  • Tornasol Films
Distributed bySony Pictures
Release dates
  • 7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) (Las Palmas)
  • 27 March 2009 (2009-03-27) (Spain)
Running time
107 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget€3 million
Box office$5.7 million[1]

Cast

Production

Sex, 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 strutiny and examination.[10]

Release

The 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

References
  1. "Sex, Party & Lies (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. Perriam, Chris (2013). Spanish Queer Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7486-6586-0.
  3. Vall, Pere (5 February 2009). "Mentiras y gordas. Para espectadores sin prejuicios ni ideas preconcebidas". Fotogramas (in Spanish).
  4. Minguell, Jordi (2 January 2011). "Mario Casas:'Estoy harto de que digan que es mi momento'". El País (in Spanish).
  5. Pastor, Custodio (9 March 2009). "Sexo, drogas y 'house', el cóctel de 'Mentiras y gordas'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  6. "Mario Casas y Ana de Armas cuentan 'Mentiras y gordas' en 'Versión Española'" (in Spanish). RTVE. 14 July 2015.
  7. Pala Murcia, Alberto (20 March 2020). "Así han cambiado los protagonistas de 'Mentiras y gordas'" (in Spanish). Los 40.
  8. "Mentiras y gordas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura. 2009.
  9. Rocamora, Jesús (1 April 2019). "Más sexo y menos abrazos". Público (in Spanish).
  10. Rodríguez, Alejandro (29 December 2010). "Un millón para 'Mentiras y gordas'". El Mundo (in Spanish).
  11. "Participación en festivales de Mentiras y gordas (Dir: Alfonso Albacete y David Menkes)" (PDF). Latido Films. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  12. "El Festival de Cine estrena 'Mentiras y gordas'". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 7 March 2009.
  13. López, Lourdes (29 December 2010). "González-Sinde da un homenaje de un millón de euros a su 'Mentiras y Gordas'". La Vanguardia (in Spanish).
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