<Vicky Cristina Barcelona> ----------Three women play a drama
Directed by
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Woody Allen
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Produced by
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Letty Aronson
Jaume Roures Stephen Tenenbaum Gareth Wiley |
Written by
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Woody Allen
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Running time
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96 minutes
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Country
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Spain
United States |
Language
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English
Spanish |
Narrated by
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Christopher Evan Welch
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Starring
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Scarlett Johansson
Rebecca Hall Javier Bardem Penélope Cruz |
Cinematography
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Javier Aguirresarobe
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Editing by
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Alisa Lepselter
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Studio
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Mediapro
Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona tells a story of a relationship between three women and one man happening in romantic Barcelona. Vicky and Cristina who are best friends goto Barcelona for vacation and study. They encounter a Spanish artist,Juan AntonioGonzalo, and he invited them to join him right away for the weekend in the city of Oviedo, in a small plane he flies himself, for sightseeing, fine eating and drinking, and hopefully, lovemaking. Cristina is won over by the offer almost at once, but Vicky is unimpressed and reluctant; she however eventually decides to accompany her friend. And both two girls fell in love with Juan Antonio Gonzalo. After flying back to Barcelona,the two begin to grow apart, Vicky throwing herself into her studies and Cristina moving in with Juan Antonio. Then Vicky is joined in Spain by an enthusiastic Doug and the two get married while Juan Antonio’s ex-wife María Elena gets back and lives with Juan and Cristina together.Meanwhile, Vicky realizes she is unsatisfied in her married life and still attracted to Juan Antonio. Life becomes a farce for these three women.At last,As the summer winds to a close, Doug, Vicky and Cristina return to America; Doug never learns what truly happened, Vicky goes back to her married life, and Cristina is back where she started,unsure of what she wants.
In this film, Woody Allen shape the roles of Cristina,Vicky and Maria who are women of different type.Vicky is practical and traditional in her approach to love and commitment, whereas Cristina imagines herself to be a nonconformist, spontaneous but unsure of what she wants from life or love. And Maria is sensitive and charming,mentally and emotionally unstable but talented. Most women find themselves in the three girls. That’s what the director wants. Normal women are just a combination of the three,only different in proportions.
Scott Tobias wrote in the Onion AV Club that it was "a witty and ambiguous movie that's simultaneously intoxicating and suffused with sadness and doubt". We seethe terrific understanding of women in the director’s mind and read the love letters addressed to Barcelona through the movie.But he doesn't make a solution to all the problems between friends, couples and lovers at the end of the movie. Maybe it's his way to tell us life is a question without answer.
