ma-cortes Solid and tragic drama from acclaimed director Bigas Luna who brought Jamon , Jamon and The chambermaid on the Titanic , including an excellent trio , being completely filmed in Denia (Alicante) , surrounds and Comunidad Valenciana . The film contains human drama , passion , emotion , tragical events , character description in deep and complemented with a loving triangle . These elements provide the setting for this piece of dramatic deeds , giving it its own special quality and ambient . It deals with a new literature teacher called Ulises (Jordi Molla) arrives in a little town located on the Mediterranean coast , he comes to teach at a high school near the sea and falls in love with a gorgeous young woman named Martina (Leonor Watling) . This attractive girl is also loved by a wealthy businessman named Alberto (Eduard Fernández) but she chooses the poet Ulises . There Ulises discovers sensuality through beauty Martina , her chips and tasty food and splendorous Mediterranean sea . Soon after their marriage and the birth of their son , Ulises vanishes while fishing at sea . In the meanwhile Martina marries Alberto, but all is not what it seems and the events go wrong until a surprising ending . Many years later Ulises returns and recites : ¨I have crossed the seven seas to understand that I can't live without you¨. This stirring as well as intimate story is a passionate retelling and a touching triangular drama , full of visual poetry and Greek tragedy , but including strong sex scenes with loads of nudism as female as male . This Spanish picture is an enjoyable tale with a thought-provoking characterizing about a few characters , tragic drama and colorful outdoors . Based on a novel by Manuel Vicent who used his native Comunidad Valencia background to write an overblown tragic drama novel , being screen-written by the same novelist and by prestigious Rafael Azcona . Director Bigas Luna also writes the script along with Azcona and being filmed in his usual formal and stylistic scholarship , without leaving a trace the brooding issues , in terms of dramatic and narrative excitement . The storyline relies heavily on the continued relationship among them , including a lot of sexual scenes, almost softcore , but it doesn't make boring , however the film is slow moving . In spite of , the movie results to be better than average , being surprisingly good and compellingly realized . Bigas carries out a perfect imaginary , a willingness almost perfect of the elements of each shot , every sequence, every space . Good acting by trio protagonist , all of them give fine performance , such as Jordi Mollà as Ulises , a sensitive teacher who recites poetry and reappears back from Sumatra , now as a beggar and unfortunate man ; a beautiful Leonor Watling as Martina , she overcome with sentimentality and takes Ulises under her protection , Leonor is marvelous and charming with her sweet and enjoyable countenance,; latterly Eduard Fernández as Sierra an ambitious as well as revengeful rich owner . Sensitive as well as evocative musical score by Piano Magic composed by means of synthesizer and piano . Furthermore , a colorful and evocative cinematography by Jose Luis Alcaine who was first cinematographer to use fluorescent tube as "key" lightning and deemed to be one of the best Spanish cameraman . Alcaine frequently works with Pedro Almodóvar , Bigas Luna and Vicente Aranda , as he has photographed ¨The skin I live in¨ , The bad education¨ , ¨Volver¨ , ¨Women in the verge of a nervous breakdown¨, among others . Here he shows splendidly the impressive landscapes from Denia & surroundings, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain . The motion picture was professionally directed by Bigas Luna . Bigas Luna was born on March 19, 1946 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain as Josep Joan Bigas Luna . He was a Bon Vivant who along with his wife, produced wine, ham, and organic products ; they are well shown in his films . He was a writer and director, known for ¨Jamón, Jamón¨ (1992), ¨Huevos de Oro¨ or ¨Golden eggs¨ (1993) "The Chambermaid on the Titanic" , ¨Angustia¨ or ¨Anguish¨ (1987) , ¨The tit and the moon¨ , ¨Volaverunt¨ , ¨Yo soy La Juani¨, ¨Di , Di Hollywwod¨ among others . He's also an expert on murky atmosphere such as proved in ¨Caniche¨ , ¨Tatuaje¨, ¨Bilbao¨ , ¨Anguish¨ and ¨Reborn¨. Luna discovered actors Ariadna Gil, Leonor Watling , Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz . He sadly died recently on April 6, 2013 in Tarragona, Catalonia . His film ¨Sound of the sea¨ is stylishly photographed and smartly designed and here Bigas Luna delivers the sensitive and erotic goods with nice sense of style . The picture will appeal to Leonor Watling , Jordi Molla fans and Bigas Luna buffs.

daniel Carbajo López Ulises is a literature teacher that arrives to a coastal town. There, he will fell in love to Martina, the most beautiful girl in town. They will start a torrid romance which will end in the tragic death of Ulises at the sea. Some years later, Martina has married to Sierra, the richest man in town and lives a quiet happy live surrounded by money. One day, the apparition of Ulises will make her passion to rise up and act without thinking the consequences. The plot is quite absurd and none of the actors plays a decent part. IN addition, three quarters of the film are sexual acts, which, still being well filmed, are quite tiring, as we want to see More development of the story. It is just a bad Bigas Luna's film, with lots of sex, no argument and stupid characters everywhere.

MARIO GAUCI Yet another film with an illicit affair at its centre - I recently watched MATCH POINT (2005), DAMAGE (1992) and LA SEDUZIONE (1973) - though this is actually a variation on a much-used plot line which dates back to MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940), in which one half of a married couple is thought dead and, on returning several years later, finds the partner now belongs to a new family.As is to be expected from director Luna, the emphasis this time around is on eroticism - though it's not particularly graphic - and, here, leading lady Leonor Watling at least serves this purpose supremely well! Still, the decision to embellish the love-making with a purportedly poetic touch - in the form of the scholarly hero's recital of a suggestive elegy to the sea - ends up being a misfire, for the simple reason that the repetition serves only to render the whole somewhat monotonous! The film isn't bad but the narrative (courtesy of screenwriter Rafael Azcona, once valued collaborator to cult Italian film-maker Marco Ferreri) is just too predictable to generate much involvement from the viewer. The finale - in which the two lovers decide to leave everything behind them and sail away (on the boat which bears the film's name) to a new life together - adheres to the ideal of l' amour fou, but Luna and Azcona opt for an ironic double-twist instead! In essence, SON DE MAR is not as intriguing as the only other Bigas Luna title I've watched - THE CHAMBERMAID OF THE TITANIC (1997) - but I should be checking out at least one more film of his (BAMBOLA [1996]) fairly soon...which now makes me regret all the more having missed an Italian-TV showing of VOLAVERUNT (1999) a few months back!

anhedonia Bigas Luna's "Son de Mar" is a beautiful love story that is sexy, to boot.I knew nothing about this film when I rented it. I picked it solely because of its director. Although I am not a huge fan of "Jamón, jamón" (1992), there were moments I enjoyed.Am I ever glad that I rented this. It's a captivating love story that has two very good performances, including a gloriously sensual turn by Leonor Watling. The film also features some tremendously sexy love scenes, including one without any nudity.Watling's screen presence is positively hypnotic. She makes Martina utterly believable, a passionate woman who revels in her sexuality and is madly in love with Ulises. Their moments together are poignant and real. The characters are smart, funny, sexy, and we so believe the love between Ulises and Martina that we cannot help but root for them.Parts of this film might seem corny due to its soap opera-like plotting. Then again, that's something Luna enjoys doing. And somehow he and his actors make it work.There are some inexplicable, and perhaps unnecessary moments, including one with an alligator. But they don't detract from the charm of this film. And you've got to hand it to Luna - he knows how to make beautiful women truly sizzle on screen.This is a film for adults. Thank goodness Europeans still make romantic movies for grown-ups and don't dilute them by catering to the lowest common denominator by turning them into maudlin, conventional, predictable crap like many of Hollywood's romantic comedies.If you enjoy unconventional love stories, this one is most definitely worth a look.