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
Spanish	Mentiras y gordas
Directed by	Alfonso Albacete David Menkes
Written by	Alfonso Albacete Ángeles González-Sinde David Menkes
Produced by	Gerardo Herrero
Starring	Mario Casas Ana de Armas Yon González Ana Polvorosa Marieta Orozco Miriam Giovanelli Maxi Iglesias Duna Jové Esmeralda Moya Asier Etxeandia Hugo Silva Alejo Sauras
Cinematography	Alfredo Mayo
Edited by	Fernando Pardo
Music by	Juan Sueiro Juan Carlos Molina
Production companies	Castafiore Films Tornasol Films
Distributed by	Sony Pictures
Release dates	7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) (Las Palmas) 27 March 2009 (2009-03-27) (Spain)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Budget	€3 million
Box office	$5.7 million[1]

Plot

It 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

• 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 [es] 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

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 scrutiny 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

• List of Spanish films of 2009