Sex, Party and Lies

2009 film by Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes

Sex, Party and Lies

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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]

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

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## Cast

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* 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

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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

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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

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* List of Spanish films of 2009

## References

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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. ^ 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.
7. ^ a b Pala Murcia, Alberto (20 March 2020). "Así han cambiado los protagonistas de 'Mentiras y gordas'" (in Spanish). Los 40.
8. ^ a b c "Mentiras y gordas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura. 2009.
9. ^ a b c 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).

## External links

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

*[lit.]: literal translation