| | Lucia, Lucia DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Comedies Movies, Foreign Films Videos, Romance, Spanish, Mexican, Kidnapping And Missing Persons, Mexico, Corruption, Authors | | Starring | Celia Roth, Kuno Becker, Carlos Alvarez-Novoa | | Director | Antonio Serrano | | Composer | Nacho Mastretta | | Director of Photography | Xavier Perez-Grobet | | Producer | Matthias Ehrenberg, Epigmenio Ibarra, Christian Valdelievre | | Source Writer | Rosa Montero |
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles; Director's Comments; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re Mexican director Antonio Serrano fuses comedy and suspense in this tall tale of children's book author Lucia (Celia Roth, of ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER fame), who becomes the center of a a big mess of intrigue when her husband mysteriously disappears. Coming to her aid are two neighbors in her Mexico City apartment building: Felix (Carlos Álvarez-Novoa), an old man who used to fight alongside Castro, and handsome young Adrian (Kuno Becker) who may be working for the terrorists who kidnapped her husband (if in fact they did). After lots of suspense and snooping, the three become close friends and decide to take an Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN-style trip into the desert. Adrian and Lucia fall in love, though their age difference is a cause for concern. Of course nothing turns out to be as it seems, even Lucia (in her offscreen narration) admits she is not always truthful; outcomes of events are changed--as is her character's hair color and apartment layout--several times over the course of the film. LUCIA, LUCIA broke opening weekend box office records when it premiered in Mexico, where it's known as LA HIJA DEL CANIBAL (the Cannibal's Daughter). Boasting passionate performances from its three actors, this is a very colorful and bouncy entry in the new Mexican cinema. Theatrical Release Date: July 25, 2003 (NY) Lucia, Lucia Reviews: "...LUCIA, LUCIA is a charming romantic fable....Serrano has a way with actors..."
-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times "...Roth appears to be having tremendous fun....Jorge Garcia's superb editing and Brigitte Broch's design lend maximum pop..."
-- Robert Koehler, Variety "...A buoyant, protean fable....Writer-director Antonio Serrano moves lightly among genres: comic adventure, political thriller, romantic drama..."
-- Sheri Linden, Box Office Lucia, Lucia | List Price | $9.98 (You save $2.93) | | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 2003 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  46607  | | CD Universe Part number | 6421476 | | Catalog number | 2220555 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jan 13, 2004 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Also Known As | Hija del Canibal | | Running Time | 109 Minutes | | Additional Info | Pan & Scan; Widescreen; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Pan & Scan; Widescreen; Subtitled; Dual Side |
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Lucia, Lucia DVD Region 1
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Dual Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish
Subtitles - English
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes: "Making of LUCIA, LUCIA"
Audio Commentary: Antonio Serrano - Director
Disc 1: LUCIA, LUCIA - Widescreen Version
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Disc 2: LUCIA, LUCIA - Pan & Scan Version
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