A quintet of titles arrived from Spain today, including a pair of new additions to the shop’s inventory: Julio Medem’s “Sex and Lucia” and “The Day of the Beast” by Alex de la Iglesia. Having won a Goya Award for his debut, “Vacas,” Julio Medem continued to make a name for himself with Cannes screenings of “The Red Squirrel” and “Earth” in the mid-90s before breaking out internationally, first with “Lovers of the Arctic Circle” and then “Sex and Lucia.” The film also made a star of Paz Vega, the actress who plays Lucia, leading to roles in American pictures like James L. Brooks’s “Spanglish” and the Morgan Freeman vehicle “10 Items or Less.”
Today’s Arrivals: 9/28/16
A quintet of titles arrived from Spain today, including a pair of new additions to the shop’s inventory: Julio Medem’s “Sex and Lucia” and “The Day of the Beast” by Alex de la Iglesia. Having won a Goya Award for his debut, “Vacas,” Julio Medem continued to make a name for himself with Cannes screenings of “The Red Squirrel” and “Earth” in the mid-90s before breaking out internationally, first with “Lovers of the Arctic Circle” and then “Sex and Lucia.” The film also made a star of Paz Vega, the actress who plays Lucia, leading to roles in American pictures like James L. Brooks’s “Spanglish” and the Morgan Freeman vehicle “10 Items or Less.”