Sex, Party and Lies

Sex, Party and Lies
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 (Las Palmas); 27 March 2009 (Spain);
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Budget	€3 million
Box office	$5.7 million

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]

Plot

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]

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Mario Casas y Ana de Armas cuentan 'Mentiras y gordas' en 'Versión Española'" (in Spanish). RTVE. 14 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b Pala Murcia, Alberto (20 March 2020). "Así han cambiado los protagonistas de 'Mentiras y gordas'" (in Spanish). Los 40.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mentiras y gordas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura. 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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. 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

Sex, Party & Lies at IMDb
Sex, Party and Lies at the TCM Movie Database

[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).

[estoyharto-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.

[rtve-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Mario Casas y Ana de Armas cuentan 'Mentiras y gordas' en 'Versión Española'" (in Spanish). RTVE. 14 July 2015.

[los40-7] Pala Murcia, Alberto (20 March 2020). "Así han cambiado los protagonistas de 'Mentiras y gordas'" (in Spanish). Los 40.

[mcu-8] "Mentiras y gordas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura. 2009.

[rocamora-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).

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]