Lucía, Lucía () is a 2003 crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Antonio Serrano, based on the 1997 novel La hija del caníbal by Rosa Montero. The film stars Cecilia Roth, Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa and Kuno Becker.
Plot Lucía, a children's book writer, is travelling to Brazil with her husband on vacation, when her husband disappears after going to the airport bathroom. She later learns that he was kidnapped by a group called the People Workers Party that wants 20 million pesos from her. Her husband frantically tells her to find the money in his aunt's safe deposit box. With the help of her neighbours, a Spanish Civil War veteran, and a young musician, Lucía sets out to find his kidnappers. She eventually discovers the truth about his disappearance after learning from the police that her husband is accused of being part of an elaborate embezzlement scam from within the Treasury Department of the government and may have possibly faked his kidnapping.
Cast
Production
The film was shot over a period of eight weeks in and around Mexico City, as well as at the Puebla airport and the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro. In the United States the film was released under the name Lucía, Lucía, since the producers thought the name La hija del caníbal (literally, "The cannibal's daughter") would lead audiences to believe the story was about a cannibal.
Reception Lucía, Lucía was not as successful as Serrano's first film Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas. Its box-office output in Mexico was MNX$10 million (under a million dollars). In Spain, it was released on 21 November 2003 in 100 theaters.Lucía, Lucía o La Hija del Caníbal In the United States, the film grossed $269,586 in 50 theatres. It is the 204th highest grossing foreign film in the United States.
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the a score of 51 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
Accolades The film was nominated for the following awards: Ariel Award in 2004 from the Mexican Academy of Film for "Best Adapted Script" (Antonio Serrano) MTV Movie Awards Mexico for: "Favourite Actor" (Kuno Becker) "Best Song" (Kinky's Caníbal)
See also List of Mexican films of 2003 List of Spanish films of 2003
References
External links
Lucía, Lucía at AllMovie