Original sin2018

Director
Jean Lee

Actors

Maia Nikiphoroff (Eva)
Cesar Di Bello (Adrian)
Alejandro Torres Menchaca (Luis)
Licia Alonso (Federica)
Tomás Pérez (Francisco)
Ramon Nomar (News Reporter)

A frustrated housewife, her uptight husband, and a freewheeling artist form an unlikely triangle with explosive results.
Eva is a desperate housewife. Recently married, she has left her native Paraguay to be with new husband Adrian in Spain, but now he won’t let her touch him. He’s uptight, even frigid, focused entirely on his ambitions at work and sparing not a thought for her experience. Resentful of the tidy, lonely elegance of the upper middle class world in which she has found herself, she has rebelled by buying a sexually outré piece of art for the house, but when the painter himself arrives to deliver it, Eva’s desires can be kept in check no longer. By the time Adrian returns, they are naked and entangled…
“Attractively shot, witty and warm-hearted, ’Original Sin’ is knowingly absurd in place, but writer/director Jean Lee has fun taking a situation that we’ve seen played out in the same way in decades’ worth of comedies and doing something different with it. At its best, it has the joyous irreverence of an (Joe) Orton play; it has some of the same flaws too, but it’s always easy to like.” – Eye For Film
“’Original Sin’ stand out among other recent films. The way the three main characters interact with each other reminds me of ’Y Tu Mamá También’. ’Original Sin’ is a phenomenal, unpredictable Spanish comedy that fully explores sexuality and repressed emotions. You will be hard-pressed to find another comedy just like it.” – Film Daze
“The film’s story sounds serious – like a soap opera – but its production is raucous and crazy. Imagine ’Monty Python’ and ’Guiding Light’ having an illegitimate child. But, don’t worry. It’s really funny.” – BlogCritics.org