Valére is upfront about the fact that she enjoys sex more than anything else, and has since her first time at the age of fifteen. Twenty-eight now, she exhausts frequent partner Alex (David Vert), and eagerly anticipates the occasional visit to Barcelona from Hassan (Pedro Gutiérrez), who is on her wavelength about their trysts being about nothing but mutual pleasure. A search for a new job leads her to Jaime (Leonardo Sbaraglia), a handsome, somewhat older gentleman who inspires love as well as lust. Will this bring her a new level of satisfaction?
Well, no. Jaime eventually shows himself to be far from the ideal mate, and at times this seems to be a bit of a cheat; if the movie is supposed to be about Valére and her attitudes toward sex, should so much of it be driven by some supporting character's personality defect. In hindsight, yes, it should; Valére, for all her knowledge of physical intimacy, has no idea of how to deal with a broken heart, and her reaction to having her heart broken is a believable way to set up the movie's final third. It's still pretty ham-fisted; it requires the audience to accept very little explanation for why Jaime is now a jerk and Valére is looking for work again and like it. It feels awkward at the time and maybe even more so afterward.
Of course, complaining about a clunky plot is arguably missing the point, much the way it can be when watching an action movie or slapstick comedy. That bit of awkwardness gets Valére to a place where she can explore sex from another perspective, and the audience can watch. It's not entirely about advancing the story - although the way that director Christian Molina shoots the movie's various love scenes does impart some information about their emotional purposes - but just allowing the audience to enjoy the visual of the physical act. Most of the cast (especially including Fabra) is attractive and not particularly shy, and Molina shoots things in a way that doesn't stick organs in the audience's collective face while not calling attention to how much is actually being shown versus obscured. It's perhaps not as titillating as it could be, but it does do a fine job of being arousing while also placing us in Valére's head, showing just how sex is something a bit beyond pleasure with her.
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