Sexo, pudor y lágrimas

Sex, Shame, and Tears
Promotional poster for Sexo, pudor y lágrimas
Directed byAntonio Serrano
Written byAntonio Serrano
Produced byMatthias Ehrenberg
Christian Valdelièvre
Titán Producciones
Argos Cine
Tabasco Films
IMCINE
StarringDemián Bichir
Susana Zabaleta
Jorge Salinas
Cecilia Suárez
Víctor Huggo Martin
Mónica Dionne
Music byAleks Syntek
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • June 18, 1999 (1999-06-18) (Mexico)
  • October 1, 1999 (1999-10-01) (US)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (Sex, Shame, and Tears) is a Mexican romantic comedy drama film, the second of the so-called New Era of the Cinema of Mexico (after Like Water for Chocolate) and the directorial debut of Antonio Serrano. The film won five Ariel Awards.

The film is based on Serrano's stage play of the same name, which ran for two years. The film broke box-office records in Mexico, grossing MX$118 million (roughly US$11 million). It played for six months, and was seen by more than eight million people in Mexico alone.