''Angels of Sex'' ( es, El Sexo de los Ángeles) is a Spanish film by Xavier Villaverde starring Álvaro Cervantes,

Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey (born 26 May 1986) is a French-Spanish actress and model. She is best known for playing Suzanne in '' The Sea Wall'', the mermaid Syrena in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' and Sofi in ''I Origins''. She ...

, and Llorenç González. It was released in 2012 (the UK release title is ''The Sex of Angels'').

Plot

Bruno, a struggling student, loves his girlfriend Carla but discovers a new side to himself when he meets a

street dance Street dance is an umbrella term for a large number of social dance styles such as: breakdancing, popping, locking, house dance, waacking etc. Social dance styles have many accompanying steps and foundations, created organically from a culture, ...

r named Rai. A new generation navigates

bisexuality Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whic ...

, torn affections, and open relationships in a steamy love triangle. The movie depicts a polyamorous bisexual relationship and love triangle between Bruno, Rai and Carla.

Cast

Álvaro Cervantes Álvaro Cervantes Sorribas (born 12 September 1989) is a Spanish actor. Life and career Álvaro Cervantes Sorribas was born in Barcelona on 12 September 1989. His younger sister Ángela has also pursued an acting career. Cervantes made a name ...

as Rai *

as Carla *Llorenç González as Bruno *Lluïsa Castell as Carla's mother *Marc García-Coté as Adrián *Ricard Farré as Oscar *Sonia Méndez as Marta *Julieta Marocco as María *Marc Pociello as Dani

Reception

The film has been cited as an example of

sexual fluidity Sexual fluidity is one or more changes in sexuality or sexual identity (sometimes known as sexual orientation identity). Sexual orientation is stable and unchanging for the vast majority of people, but some research indicates that some people may ...

in recent queer European cinema.

Location

The film was shot at and is set in various locations around

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

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