Sex and Lucia

Why is the Lagoon Cinema our favorite theater? Because of the popcorn? No, it’s because they show movies like Sex and Lucia. This is an adult film in both senses of the word. It’s got plenty of steamy sex scenes. But even with those scenes—believe us—it’s not for the American Pie crowd. Lucia is the lover of Lorenzo, a novelist who has fathered a daughter during an earlier anonymous liaison on a Spanish island. While living with Lucia, Lorenzo discovers the child and becomes infatuated with her nanny. Something terrible happens while he’s with the nanny, and he commits suicide because of his guilt. Lucia retreats to the island she’s heard about and there learns the truth about Lorenzo, the nanny, and the mother of his child. Or, is the whole story really going on in the pages of the novel Lorenzo is writing? It doesn’t really matter, as the story is absorbing, but not entirely linear. As Lorenzo says about his novel, the story keeps leading you back to the middle, where you can go off in an entirely new direction at any time. It’s a labyrinth, but one in which you thoroughly enjoy losing yourself.