Sex Life of Plants (Spanish: Vida sexual de las plantas) is a 2015 Chilean romantic drama film written, directed, produced and edited by Sebastián Brahm. Starring Francisca Lewin and Mario Horton accompanied by Cristián Jiménez, Nathalie Nicloux, Gloria Laso, Ingrid Isensee and Gabriela Aguilera.
After an accident turns Barbara's boyfriend into a complete stranger, she becomes involved with a man who offers her stability without passion. She tries to accept her new destiny but the memory of lost love torments her.
The actors participating in this film are:
Sex Life of Plants had its world premiere on September 21, 2015, at the 63rd San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was commercially released on 28 April 2016, in Chilean theaters.
Jay Weissberg from Variety wrote: "Sex Life of Plants maintains an atmosphere of hesitant expectation in which details may be left unspoken, yet psychological depth is satisfyingly pushed to the fore." Diego Brodersen from Página 12 highlights the performance of Francisca Lewin, since her acting work brings subtlety and ambiguity to a film that could easily have decided to be more explicit in terms of its content.