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Excuse Me Darling, But Lucas Loved Me

1997 · 90 min

A frothy, catty whodunit that plays its jealousy and grief as farce, all flamboyant bickering and shifting stories.

Overview
Three gay roommates must find a fourth to share their flat after blowing their rent on a stripper who won't strip. In walks tall, sexy Lucas, the answer to their current problem and more than one of their dreams. But when they return home one night to find Lucas dead, and each tells his own real or imagined story about his relationship with Lucas, and they discover that they all had reasons to do him in.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • sexuality
  • friendship
  • deception
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Dunia Ayaso, Félix Sabroso
Written by
Dunia Ayaso, Félix Sabroso
Starring
Jordi Mollà, Pepón Nieto, Roberto Correcher, Lucina Gil, María Pujalte, Esperanza Roy, Gracia Olayo, Ferran Rañé
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
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Languages
Spanish

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