2009 film by Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes
Sex, Party and Lies Theatrical release poster
Spanish Mentiras y gordas
Directed by Alfonso Albacete David Menkes Written by Produced by Gerardo Herrero Starring 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]
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 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]
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]
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^ 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).