''Lucas'' is a 2021 Spanish thriller drama film directed by Àlex Montoya which stars
Jorge Motos
Jorge Motos (born 27 May 1999) is a Spanish actor, best known for his leading role in the film ''Lucas'' (2021), for which he received the Berlanga Award for Best Actor and the Málaga Film Festival Best Actor Award, and was further nominated ...
as the title character.
Plot
In the wake of the death of his father, Lucas, a teenager, accepts an offer to cede own photographs to Álvaro in exchange for money. The latter, an adult man, wants to use them to contact with reportedly "young girls" in
social media by means of
catfishing.
Cast
Production
''Lucas'' is based on the short film of the same name directed by Àlex Montoya and shot in 2012.
The film was produced by Raw Pictures and Telespan 2000,
with the participation of the Institut Valencià de Cultura (IVC),
RTVE and
À Punt Media. It was shot in locations of the
province of Valencia,
including
Valencia,
El Palmar and
La Albufera.
Release
The film opened the Zonazine section of the
Málaga Spanish Film Festival
Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most popu ...
in June 2021.
Distributed by Begin Again,
it was theatrically released in Spain on 25 June 2021.
Awards and nominations
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Berlanga Awards , , colspan = "2" , Best Film , , , , rowspan = "9" ,
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, Best Director , , Àlex Montoya , ,
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, Best Screenplay , , Àlex Montoya & Sergio Barrejón , ,
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, Best Actor , , Jorge Motos , ,
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, rowspan = "2" , Best Supporting Actor , , Jorge Cabrera , ,
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, Jordi Aguilar , ,
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, Best Editing and Post-production , , Àlex Montoya , ,
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, Best Cinematography and Lighting , , Jon D. Domínguez , ,
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, Best Art Direction , , Jero Bono , ,
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CEC Medals , , Best New Actor , , Jorge Motos , , , ,
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36th Goya Awards
The 36th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AACCE), honoured the best in Spanish films of 2021 and took place at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia on 12 February 2022. The ceremony ...
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Best New Actor , , Jorge Motos , , , , align = "center" ,
See also
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List of Spanish films of 2021
A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in the country in 2021. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured.
Films
Box office
The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 2021, by domestic box ...
References
External links
''Lucas''{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223040941/https://infoicaa.mecd.es/CatalogoICAA/Peliculas/Detalle?Pelicula=47515 , date=2021-12-23 at
ICAA's ''Catálogo de Cinespañol''
Films about child sexual abuse
2021 films
2020s Spanish-language films
2021 thriller films
Spanish thriller films
Films shot in Valencia
2020s Spanish films
Features based on short films