Julio Medem

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Lovers Of The Arctic Circle review by from W Sussex

More inspired than Sex and Lucia 19 January 2004
...alities of the young kids. No patronising view of what makes a child tick from Julio Medem - it’s full on. Appreciate the seemingly effortless way he presents the physiol... Read customer review

The Red Squirrel review by from Cardiff, Wales

Red Squirrels and biting Beavers... 10 May 2004
...This is another impressive film from Julio Medem (Sex and Lucia, Vacas) who manages to weave symbolism and surrealism into one highly enjoyable film. The plot centres ... Read customer review

Vacas review by from Bedfordshire

No-one makes films like Medem 26 April 2004
...No-one makes films like Julio Medem. You have to work them out afterwards, and try really hard to get some sense of them, and sometimes you get sense and sometimes you jus... Read customer review

Room in Rome on DVD (2010)
Starring: Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso
Director: Julio Medem
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Two young women who have only just met travel together on an intimate, passionate journey that will mark their bodies and souls deeply. Slowly they allow themselves to be borne away, each into the unknown terrain of the other, until both find themselves transfixed before a completely new love. The ..read more »

54% from 1,552 member

Room in Rome - Blu-ray (2010)
Starring: Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso
Director: Julio Medem
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Two young women who have only just met travel together on an intimate, passionate journey that will mark their bodies and souls deeply. Slowly they allow themselves to be borne away, each into the unknown terrain of the other, until both find themselves transfixed before a completely new love. The ..read more »

51% from 562 members

Basque Ball on DVD (2003)
Director: Julio Medem
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SEX AND LUCIA director Julio Medem has created a documentary on the Basque region. He explores the language and traditions and their political situation. Using archive footage and numerous talking heads interviews, ranging from musicians to terrorists. This was the highest-grossing Spanish ..read more »

55% from 868 members

Sex and Lucia on DVD (2001)
Starring: Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa, Najwa Nimri
Director: Julio Medem
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A Madrid waitress, Lucia (Paz Vega), is mourning the loss of her boyfriend Lorenzo (Tristan Ulloa), who passed away mysteriously. Unable to come to terms with his death, she takes a trip to a Mediterranean island that he told her about long ago, thinking about the novels Lorenzo wrote and the way ..read more »

64% from 8,689 members

Lovers Of The Arctic Circle on DVD (1998)
Starring: Fele Martinez, Najwa Nimri
Director: Julio Medem
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In The Lovers of the Arctic Circle, Julio Medem weaves a complex story, dense with plot, symbol, and allegory, about the romance between Ana and Otto. Shot with keen visual sensitivity, Lovers is a film of strongly composed images and elaborately crafted structure which explores the themes of ..read more »

67% from 4,029 members

Tierra (1995)
Starring: Carmelo Gomez, Emma Suarez, Karra Elejalde
Director: Julio Medem
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A man who believes himself to be an angel arrives in a rural town where he sets about eradicating the plague of lice which is currently ruining the wine harvest...

76% from 73 members
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The Red Squirrel on DVD (1993)
Starring: Nancho Novo, Emma Suarez, Maria Barranco
Director: Julio Medem
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When he sees a motorcycle go over the side of the boardwalk at San Sebastian, crashing onto the beach, Jota goes to see what happened. He discovers that the vehicle was being driven by an attractive young woman. He calls an ambulance and gets onto it with her. When the emergency medical staff ..read more »

61% from 2,091 members

Vacas on DVD (1992)
Starring: Carmelo Gomez, Emma Suarez, Ana Torrent
Director: Julio Medem
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The political and social climate of the Basque country of Spain is constantly in flux, yet the cows of the region are steadfast and calm, observing the unusual changing human culture without reaction. This is one of the themes of Julio Medem's (LOVERS OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE) insightful film about the ..read more »

62% from 1,144 member

Room in Rome - 2.5 stars
Room in Rome - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Basque Ball - 3.0 stars
Sex and Lucia - 3.0 stars
Lovers Of The Arctic Circle - 3.5 stars

Tierra - 4.0 stars
Lovers Of The Arctic Circle - 3.5 stars
Sex and Lucia - 3.0 stars
Vacas - 3.0 stars
The Red Squirrel - 3.0 stars

Room in Rome - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Room in Rome - 2.5 stars
Basque Ball - 3.0 stars
The Red Squirrel - 3.0 stars
Vacas - 3.0 stars

Najwa Nimri - 6 times - show films
Elena Anaya - 5 times - show films
Natasha Yarovenko - 3 times - show films
Enrico Lo Verso - 3 times - show films
Emma Suarez - 3 times - show films