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Julio Medem

Julio Medem


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Julio Medem - what members say


  • Lovers Of The Arctic Circle
  • Lovers Of The Arctic Circle review by from W Sussex
    Rated - 3.0 stars 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
  • The Red Squirrel review by from Cardiff, Wales
    Rated - 4.0 stars 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
  • Vacas review by from Bedfordshire
    Rated - 4.0 stars 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

Julio Medem - filmography


  • Room in Rome on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Najwa Nimri,  Enrico Lo Verso,  Natasha Yarovenko
    Director: Julio Medem
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Julio Medem writes and directs this sensual, two-hander drama charting a one night stand that develops into something deeper. Elena Anaya and Natasha Yarovenko star as Alba (who is Spanish) and Natasha (who is Russian), two lesbian women who meet in Rome and decide to spend the night together in a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 2,580 members
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  • Room in Rome - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Najwa Nimri,  Enrico Lo Verso,  Natasha Yarovenko
    Director: Julio Medem
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Julio Medem writes and directs this sensual, two-hander drama charting a one night stand that develops into something deeper. Elena Anaya and Natasha Yarovenko star as Alba (who is Spanish) and Natasha (who is Russian), two lesbian women who meet in Rome and decide to spend the night together in a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 716 members
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  • Basque Ball on DVD (2003)
    Director: Julio Medem
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Powerful and controversial documentary about the Basque nationalist movement, directed by filmmaker Julio Medem ('Sex and Lucia', 'The Red Squirrel'). Medem mixes atmospheric landscape shots, footage of Basque traditions, archive images from the Franco dictatorship, excerpts of films (such as the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 891 members
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  • Sex and Lucia on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Najwa Nimri,  Daniel Freire,  Paz Vega
    Director: Julio Medem
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Lucia is a waitress who lives and works in Madrid. After what she believes to be the loss of her boyfriend, the tortured writer Lorenzo, she flees to a secluded island that he had often told her about. There she meets Carlos and Elena, who have also run away to the island to escape personal tragedy...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 9,599 members
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  • Lovers Of The Arctic Circle on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Najwa Nimri,  Fele Martinez
    Director: Julio Medem
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4,204 members
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  • Tierra (1995)
    Starring: Carmelo Gomez,  Emma Suarez,  Karra Elejalde
    Director: Julio Medem
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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...
    3.5 stars out of 5 75% from 77 members
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  • The Red Squirrel on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Emma Suarez,  Nancho Novo,  Maria Barranco
    Director: Julio Medem
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,167 members
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  • Vacas on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Emma Suarez,  Karra Elejalde,  Ana Torrent
    Director: Julio Medem
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Basque country, feuds, governments, and wars come and go, while cows placidly observe the strange behaviors of the humans who care for them. In 1875, during a massacre inspired by an out-of-control family feud, a farmer and his friend find themselves in a ditch together. One of them dies, and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,201 member
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Julio Medem facts

5 most recent films

Room in Rome - 3.0 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

5 highest-rated films

Tierra - 3.5 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

5 lowest-rated films

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

Most frequent co-stars

Najwa Nimri - 12 times - show films
Elena Anaya - 10 times - show films
Natasha Yarovenko - 7 times - show films
Enrico Lo Verso - 7 times - show films
Emma Suarez - 5 times - show films