Lucía, Lucía (2003) La hija del caníbal (original title)

Director:

Antonio Serrano

Writers:

Rosa Montero (novel)
Antonio Serrano (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

25 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Sabia usted que la estaba esperando toda mi vida?

Plot:

Lucia, an children's book author, tells the story of her husband's disappearance. One day on their way to Brazil he just disappears...

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Note | Police | Brazil | Ransom

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Cecilia Roth	...	Lucía
Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa	...	Félix
Kuno Becker	...	Adrián
Margarita Isabel	...	Lucía's mom
Max Kerlow	...	Old Wehner
Mario Iván Martínez	...	Mr. Wehner
José Elías Moreno	...	Ramón
Héctor Ortega	...	The Cannibal
Enrique Singer	...	Undersecretary Ortiga
Lourdes Villareal	...	Ministerio público
Jorge Zárate	...	Blanco
Manuel Blejerman	...	Suspect
Itatí Cantoral	...	Airline saleswoman #1
Fabián Corres	...	Secuestrados
Enoc Leaño	...	El Ruso
Hildeberto Maya	...	Ministerio publico
Adela Micha	...	Anchor woman
Carlos Torres Torrija	...	Hombre en el cine (as Carlos Torrestorrija)
Elizabeth Arciniega	...	Edith
Luis Felipe Tovar	...	Drunk
Javier Escobar	...	Assistente 1
Jorge Salinas	...	Security guard
Wilebardo Bucio	...	Assistente 2 (as Willebaldo Bucio)
Mónika Sánchez	...	Actress
Juan Carlos Barreto	...	Assistente 3
Socorro de la Campa	...	Cashier
Teresina Bueno	...	Clienta en la tienda
Gabriel de Cervantes	...	Secretario particular
Carlos Coss	...	Asistente de TV
Jaime Estrada	...	Policia 1
Elizabeth Guindi	...	Señorita caja fuerte
Óscar Fernando	...	Niño de las rosas
Carmen Madrid	...	Clienta de la tienda 1
Guadalupe Noel	...	Portera
Mario Humberto Padilla	...	Patrullero
Dalilah Polanco	...	Madre 1
Tae Solana	...	China
Georgina Tábora	...	Secretaria de la maqilladora
Ana Urquidi	...	Dependiente de la aerolinea 2 (as Ana Celia Urquidi)
Guillermo Von Son	...	Ramiro
Merced Victoriano Zaragoza	...	Cantinero
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Javier Díaz Dueñas	...	Inspector García
Vivian Pierce	...	Estrella (uncredited)

Directed by
Antonio Serrano

Writing credits
Rosa Montero		(novel)
Antonio Serrano		(screenplay)
Marcela Fuentes-Berain		screenplay cooperation

Produced by
Walkiria Barbosa	....	associate producer
Marc Bechar	....	associate producer
Iafa Britz	....	associate producer
Marcos Didonet	....	associate producer
Matthias Ehrenberg	....	producer
José M. Garasino	....	associate producer (as José Garasino)
Andrés Vicente Gómez	....	co-producer
Epigmenio Ibarra	....	producer
Vilma Lustosa	....	associate producer
Enrique Ortiga	....	associate producer
Carlos Payán	....	producer
Inna Payán	....	producer
Sandra Solares	....	line producer
Christian Valdelièvre	....	producer

Original Music by
Nacho Mastretta

Cinematography by
Xavier Pérez Grobet

Film Editing by
Jorge García

Casting by
Victor Hugo Saldierna
Ana Urquidi		(as Ana Celia Urquidi)

Production Design by
Brigitte Broch

Art Direction by
Alexandre Meyer

Set Decoration by
Carlos Eduardo		(decorator)
Francisca Maira

Costume Design by
María Estela Fernández		(as Mariestela Fernández)

Makeup Department
Sandra Miguell	....	hair stylist
Sandra Miguell	....	makeup artist
Rodolfo Olmedo	....	hair stylist
Carlos Sánchez	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Tlacateotl Mata	....	post-production supervisor
Eamon O'Farrill	....	production manager
Horacio Rodríguez	....	unit manager
Sandra Solares	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexander Dahm	....	second assistant director
Manuel Hinojosa	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mario Alfaro	....	assistant props
José Luis Alzaga	....	constructor
Alejandro Argumosa	....	graphic designer
Irma Avila	....	assistant set designer (as Irma Ávila)
Luis Blackaller	....	graphics artist
Ignacio Borja	....	graphic designer
Miguel del Valle Balcázar	....	swing gang
Jesús Manuel Farfán	....	assistant decorator
Isidoro Garcia	....	carpenter (as Isidoro García)
Juan Manuel García Barrera	....	painter
Alberto García Mariscal	....	swing gang
Roberto García	....	property master
Flavia Goulart	....	administrative assistant
Marcelo Guerra	....	cashier
Nicolás Hernández	....	swing gang
Alejandro Magallanes	....	graphic designer
José Alfredo Martínez	....	on-set dresser
Dalila Méndez	....	swing gang
Jose Luis Nava	....	construction coordinator (as José Luis Nava)
Rogelio Nobara	....	on-set dresser (as Rogelio Nobara Tamura)
Genesio Nogueira	....	cashier
Humberto Peralta Flores	....	swing gang
Alberto Piedra Cortés	....	assistant decorator
María José Pizzaro	....	assistant set decorator
Lourdes Pérez	....	art coordinator
Manuel Reséndiz	....	swing gang
José Manuel Rojas	....	assistant decorator
Roxana Ruiz	....	graphic designer
José Vega López	....	assistant decorator
Bernardo Zamora	....	assistant uphosterer
Modesto Zamora	....	upholsterer
Julieta Álvarez	....	assistant decorator

Sound Department
Ricardo Arteaga	....	assistant sound mixer
Ricardo Arteaga	....	foley artist
Evelia Cruz	....	direct sound
Evelia Cruz	....	sound recordist
Carlos A. Cuevas	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Eric Dounce	....	foley editor
Eric Dounce	....	sound effects
Andrés Franco	....	sound designer
Andrés Franco	....	sound effects editor (as Andrés Franco Schonduse)
Andrés Franco	....	sound mixer
Alejandra Greiner	....	dialogue recordist
Enrique Greiner	....	dialogue editor
Simone Petrillo	....	sound editor
Luis Schroeder	....	foley artist
Felipe Zavala	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
José Luis Capilla	....	special effects assistant
Lazaro Cervantes	....	special effects assistant
Roberto Flores	....	special effects assistant
Víctor Morán	....	special effects assistant
Bernabé Rosales	....	special effects assistant
Salvador Servin	....	special effects assistant
Alejandro Vázquez	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
David Emerson	....	opticals

Stunts
Hugo Aguilera	....	stunts
Julian Bucio	....	stunt coordinator (as Julián Bucio)
Wilebardo Bucio	....	stunts (as Willebardo Bucio)
Martha Garrido	....	stunts
Mauricio Martínez	....	stunts
Juan Olaldo	....	stunts (as Juan Olalde)
Rafael Valdez	....	stunts (as Rafael Valdéz)

Camera and Electrical Department
Pablo Berti	....	steadicam assist
Fernando Coria Reyes	....	electrician (as Fernando Coria)
Marco de Aguilar	....	additional still photographer (as Marco Aguilar)
Humberto Delgado	....	key grip
Javier Enríquez	....	gaffer
Enrique Flores	....	camera operator: video camera
Gabriel García Santos	....	grip
Miguel Ángel García	....	chief electrician
Sergio García	....	second assistant camera
José Antonio Gracia	....	Steadicam operator: making of
José Gutiérrez	....	second assistant camera
Pedro Hernández	....	dolly grip
Gerardo Manjarrez	....	Steadicam operator
Eniac Martínez Ulloa	....	still photographer (as Eniac Martínez)
Juan José Martínez	....	electrician
Fabián Monroy	....	first assistant camera
Alfonso Moreno Buzzo	....	camera car coordinator
Javier Moreno Buzzo	....	general coordinator: camera car (as Javier Ángel Moreno Buzzo)
Luis B. Moreno Buzzo	....	camera car assistant
Manuel Moreno	....	electrician
Marco Antonio Muñoz	....	rigger
Rafael Nájera Fuentes	....	cameracar operator
Fernando Peralta	....	camera loader
Israel Páez	....	second assistant camera
Pablo Reyes	....	director of photography: second unit
Martín Rincón Santos	....	rigger
Adrian Romero	....	grip (as Adrián Romero)
Diego Sedano	....	Steadicam operator: making of

Casting Department
Anita Bareosa	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Adolfo Cruz Mateo	....	wardrobe assistant (as Adolfo Cruz)
Rodolfo Cruz	....	wardrobe assistant
María de Jesús Luna	....	seamstress
Gabriela Fernandez	....	costumer
Gabriela Hernández	....	costumer
Carlos 'Pollo' Munguia	....	wardrobe master (as Carlos Munguía)
Lupita Peckinpah	....	costumer (as Lupita Pekinpah)
Leticia Pichardo	....	wardrobe assistant
Rafael Ravello	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Pedro Bareosa	....	post-production assistant
Aurelio de la Peña	....	post-production assistant
Kenji Ikenaga	....	editor: making-of documentary
Lupita Ramírez	....	negative cutter
Mario Sandoval	....	assistant editor
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Music Department
Ruy García	....	music producer
Ruy García	....	music supervisor
Iván Martínez Lacámara	....	music editor
André Moraes	....	music consultant

Transportation Department
Héctor Aguilar	....	action vehicles assistant
Mario Aguilar	....	action vehicles
Efraín Alfaro	....	driver
Arturo Ballesteros	....	driver
Adrian Flores	....	driver (as Adrián Flores)
Roberto Flores	....	driver
Jonathan Martínez	....	driver
Braulio Piedra	....	driver
Manuel Reséndiz	....	driver
Nemecio Rodríguez	....	driver
Gustavo Sepúlveda	....	driver

Other crew
Thereza Cristina Alves	....	press attache
Sergio Assunçao	....	auditor
César Bañuelos	....	extras coordinator
Emiliano Becerril	....	set production assistant
Arlett Belmont	....	press assistant
Juana Bocanegra	....	delegate: A.N.D.A.
Maury Carvajal	....	script supervisor
Juana Casas	....	assistant accountant
Fernando Cerda	....	press assistant
Adrián Cervántes	....	office production assistant
Gerardo Cisneros	....	animal wrangler
Carlos Creel	....	legal advisor
Pablo Cuevas	....	assistant location manager
Solveig Dahm	....	product placement coordinator
José María de Oliveira	....	marketing
Blanca Escobosa	....	assistant production coordinator
Jill Falk	....	interpreter
Danielle Fantini	....	promotion manager
Ricardo Farias	....	press assistant
Olga Fraga	....	office production assistant
Isabel García	....	set production assistant
Lili Gonzalez	....	production coordinator (as Lili González)
Jorge González	....	armorer
León González	....	locations runner
Claudio Lafarga	....	assistant: Cecilia Roth
Claudio Lafarga	....	assistant: Cecilia Roth, location press assistant
Claudio Lafarga	....	location press assistant
Antonio Leal	....	consultant
Mauricio Lule	....	key set production assistant
Isabel Martinez	....	production accountant (as Isabel Martínez)
Guadalupe Martínez	....	assistant accountant
Renata Medero	....	communications coordinator
Ulises Márquez	....	press assistant
Davi Nogueira	....	assistant accountant
Enrique Ortiga	....	communications director
Esteban Pérez	....	accountant
Evangelina Resendiz Montalvo	....	medic (as Evangelina Reséndiz)
Marco Antonio Reyes	....	assistant extras coordinator
Jorge Reygadas	....	coordinator: rushes
Isthar Rosales	....	location assistant
Adriana Rosique	....	producer: making-of documentary
Luis Ruiz Tena	....	location manager
Leon Serment	....	making-of (as León Serment)
Carlos Solares	....	assistant location manager
Pedro Solís Cámara	....	financial advisor
Esther Sánchez	....	assistant accountant
Cecilia Ulrich	....	set production assistant
Emilio Uribe	....	financial advisor

Production Companies

• Conaculta
• Fondo Ibermedia
• Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (FOPROCINE)
• Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
• Lolafilms
• Titan Productions

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (Argentina)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2003) (USA) (subtitled)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Other Companies

• Image Resolution, The  sound post-production
• Lado A Postproducción  sound post-production

Also Known As:

"La hija del caníbal" - Mexico (original title)
"The Cannibal's Daughter" - International (English title) (literal title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, language and brief drug use

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Mexico | Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:18A | Spain:13 | USA:R | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company:

Conaculta

Goofs:

Continuity: When Adrian and Felix are on their moped chasing down Lucia's captors in the white van, Adrian is clearly driving in the beginning. He drives up on the moped, picks Felix up, and speeds away to follow the white van. However, a minute later within the same chase sequence, we see Felix driving the moped instead, with Adrian sitting on the back.

Soundtrack:

Farsa

All about Lucia

"Lucia, Lucia" is a Mexican comedy/light-drama about a forty something married woman who takes up with an older man and a younger man to go in search of her kidnapped husband. What follows is, by all accounts, an unsatisfying tale of the hapless trio sorting through the foibles and mischief of Mexican bad guys, cops, and some underground movement. As a comedy/mystery story, this film stumbles around awkwardly. However, as a showcase for the beautiful title character (Roth), the film works very well. Those who expect a story may be disappointed whereas those who expect a light hearted character study of a woman in midlife working her relationships with two men may be amply rewarded. Recommended for more mature audiences into Latin flicks. (Those who enjoy this film may want to check out "Solas", a Spanish film which is also about a woman in trouble who, like Lucia, takes up with a Carlos Álvarez-Novoa character). (B-)