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Julio Medem Lafont Sanjuán Mendizabal (born 21 October 1958) is a Spanish writer and film director.
Medem was born on 21 October 1958 in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when he would take his father's Super 8 camera and shoot at night, while nobody was paying attention. After college graduation (where he earned degrees in Medicine and General Surgery) he worked as a film critic and later as a screenwriter, assistant director and editor. After a few shorts he directed his first full length feature, Vacas ('Cows') for which he won a Goya Award.
After this film he directed The Red Squirrel and Earth, both receiving good reviews at Cannes. In his next movie, Lovers of the Arctic Circle, which has been compared to the works of Krzysztof Kieślowski, he explored circular narrative and a taste for minimalistic textures that he then overcame in his next film, Sex and Lucia, where the plot dissolves into a very lyrical eroticism. After this film he took a tangent from his style to direct and produce La pelota vasca ('The Basque Ball'), a documentary film about the political problems of the Basque Country, which caused a furor amongst victims of terrorism. Following this, his film Caótica Ana debuted in 2007.
Creadores de Hoy - Julio Medem (TVE)
Julio Medem en 'Celebrities' por Joaquín Reyes - Retorno a Lilifor
MA MA - Entrevista Julio Medem - Estreno 11 Septiembre
Julio Medem se somete a una sesión de hipnosis del Dr. Phelp - Retorno a Lilifor
Concha - Videocreación de Julio Medem (2008)
Julio Medem - Cinema Reel
"Clecla", un cortometraje de Julio Medem - 2001
Trailer de Caótica Ana (Julio Medem, 2007)
Enfilme entrevista a Julio Medem (México, 2010)
Making of 'Caótica Ana' (Julio Medem, 2007)
JOLLIE MADAM
Era final de año en el viejo mundo
el frío de la noche clara era tan profundo
la agente bailaba y todo París cantaba
las luces giraban y tu cara pintaban
Tus ojos querían decirme tantos secretos
bailando entre amigos tú me mandabas besos
faltaban a penas cinco para las doce
tomaste mi mano y eso fue el acabose
llevaste unas uvas y dos copas contigo
veíamos la torre Eiffel desde aquel balcón
hablaste francés y nunca entendí tu nombre
reías y sólo recuerdo esta canción
Oh, jollie madam, oh jollie madam
oh, jollie madam, oh jollie madam
siento tu cuerpo, siento tu corazón
y aunque ha pasado el tiempo,
la distancia sea mayor
guarda tus sentimientos
en una carta de amor
Contesto y tu voz altera todo mi cuerpo
te ríes porque sabes que yo estoy durmiendo
me cuentas que el día pasa igual que la noche,
que hablas con las estrellas cosas de amor
Oh, jollie madam, oh jollie madam
oh, jollie madam, oh jollie madam
siento tu cuerpo, siento tu corazón
y aunque ha pasado el tiempo,
la distancia sea mayor
guarda tus sentimientos
en una carta de amor