Semen, A Love Story Explained

Native Name:

Nolink:

yes

Producer:

César Benítez

Cinematography:

Néstor Calvo

Editing:

Iván Aledo

Music:

Christopher Slaski

Distributor:

DeAPlaneta

Language:

Spanish

Semen, A Love Story (Spanish; Castilian: '''Semen, una historia de amor'''|links=no) is a 2005 Spanish-British screwball comedy film directed and written by Daniela Fejerman and which stars Ernesto Alterio and Leticia Dolera alongside Héctor Alterio.

Plot

Artificial insemination clinic neurotic worker Serafín falls in love with trapeze artist Ariadna (client of the centre) and decides to use his own sperm to inseminate her.^[1]

Production

The film is a Spanish-British co-production by BocaBoca Producciones and Future Films Limited, and it had the participation of TVE and Canal+.

Release

The film was presented in April 2005 at the Málaga Film Festival.^[2] Distributed by DeAPlaneta, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 15 July 2005.

Critical reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that "witty premise" notwithstanding, the film quickly "becomes a standard, lab-produced screwballer badly in need of a heart".^[3]

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars highlighting the Alterio & Alterio duo as the best thing about the film.^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: El País. Ernesto Alterio se empeña en dominar el destino en 'Semen'. 29 April 2005. Javier. Martín-Arroyo.
Web site: "Semen. Una historia de amor» con título «raro". ABC. 29 April 2005.
Web site: Variety. Jonathan. Holland. 3 August 2005. Semen, A Love Story.
Web site: Semen, una historia de amor. Fotogramas. 29 May 2008. Mirito. Torreiro.