In an attempt to help his friend Marcos with his impotence, Jaime sets up him up with another friend Josita. But the sex date fails, and so he comes in to help. What first appears to be just another sexual experience for all three evolves to a full romantic relationship.
Acting
Ugarte's raw vulnerability—she's carrying decades of unsaid things in every glance.
Writing
Dialogue so awkward it feels eavesdropped, not scripted.
Director
Salvador García Ruiz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of early-2000s Spanish cinema exploring polyamory before it was mainstream discourse—released the same year as 'Hable con ella' but with zero Almodóvar glamour.
Adriana Ugarte reportedly insisted on no makeup for the entire shoot; the director agreed only if the male actors went equally raw. The result: everyone looks like actual humans having bad sex.
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