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Vicky Cristina Barcelona

  • 20082008
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
255K
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POPULARITY
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Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, and Scarlett Johansson in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
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ComedyDramaRomance
Two friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.Two friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.Two friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
255K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
241
103
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Woody Allen
    • Writer
      • Woody Allen
    • Stars
      • Rebecca Hall
      • Scarlett Johansson
      • Javier Bardem
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Woody Allen
    • Writer
      • Woody Allen
    • Stars
      • Rebecca Hall
      • Scarlett Johansson
      • Javier Bardem
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 431User reviews
    • 278Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 32 wins & 54 nominations total

    Videos4

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona -- UK Trailer
    Trailer 2:25
    Vicky Cristina Barcelona -- UK Trailer
    Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Theatrical Trailer
    Trailer 2:31
    Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Theatrical Trailer
    "Juan Antonio"
    Clip 1:25
    "Juan Antonio"
    Vicky Cristina Barcelona -- Penélope Cruz Interview
    Promo 2:00
    Vicky Cristina Barcelona -- Penélope Cruz Interview

    Photos196

    Penélope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, and Scarlett Johansson in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Woody Allen, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, and Scarlett Johansson in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Javier Bardem, Lloll Bertran, Joel Joan, Scarlett Johansson, and Sílvia Sabaté in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Javier Bardem and Rebecca Hall in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Penélope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Penélope Cruz at an event for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Javier Bardem at an event for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Javier Bardem at an event for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Harvey Weinstein, and Patricia Clarkson at an event for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    John Turturro at an event for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

    Top cast

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    Rebecca Hall
    Rebecca Hall
    • Vicky
    Scarlett Johansson
    Scarlett Johansson
    • Cristina
    Javier Bardem
    Javier Bardem
    • Juan Antonio
    Christopher Evan Welch
    Christopher Evan Welch
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Chris Messina
    Chris Messina
    • Doug
    Patricia Clarkson
    Patricia Clarkson
    • Judy
    Kevin Dunn
    Kevin Dunn
    • Mark
    Julio Perillán
    Julio Perillán
    • Charles
    Juan Quesada
    • Guitarist in Barcelona
    Ricard Salom
    • Art Gallery Guest
    Maurice Sonnenberg
    • Art Gallery Guest
    Manel Barceló
    Manel Barceló
    • Doctor
    Josep Maria Domènech
    Josep Maria Domènech
    • Julio
    Emilio de Benito
    • Guitarist in Asturias
    Jaume Montané
    • Juan Antonio's Friend
    Lloll Bertran
    • Juan Antonio's Friend
    • (as Lloll Bertrán)
    Joel Joan
    Joel Joan
    • Juan Antonio's Friend
    Sílvia Sabaté
    • Juan Antonio's Friend
    • (as Silvia Sabaté)
    • Director
      • Woody Allen
    • Writer
      • Woody Allen
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Javier Bardem (Juan Antonio) and Penélope Cruz (María Elena) play a divorced couple in the film. In reality, they started a relationship while working on the film and married in July 2010. However, they didn't meet on the set of this film; they met on the set of Cruz' first feature, Jamón, Jamón (1992) when she was 16.
    • Goofs
      After Vicky's hand is shot, the three of them agitated about the situation. During this discussion, no visible signs of the wound can be seen on Vicky's hand.
    • Quotes

      Juan Antonio: Maria Elena used to say that only unfulfilled love can be romantic.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull/Cleaner/Recount/War, Inc./The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Barcelona
      Composed by Giulia Tellarini, Maik Alemany, Alejandro Mazzoni & Jens Neumaier

      Performed by Giulia y los Tellarini with Pablo Díaz-Reixa (as Pablo Diaz-Reixa),

      Xavier Tort & Jordi Llobet

      Courtesy of La Colaziones/Sones Art SCCL

    User reviews431

    Review
    Top review
    Woody Discovers Space Jazz
    You never know what he is going to do next, but you can be sure that whether we like it or not, a lot of thought will have gone into it.

    This time a lot of adventure too.

    Add these three elements:

    -- among the several masteries he has is the way he can imbue a film with the sense of place, allowing that to penetrate, to saturate. I think he did this with New York before he realized it. Now, even though it is clearly uncomfortable, he is traveling the world looking for other places.

    Unfortunately, there are few places on the planet that are as visually keyed to emotions as Manhattan. London. Barcelona.

    I'm really pleased to see him still pushing himself, still placing himself outside his previous success. Here, he works with a person as place. It's a challenging cinematic experiment.

    -- he merges this experiment with another that he and others have mastered: a single character appearing in three personalities. He only does two at a time in all three combinations. And again it is autobiographical. All Woody is.

    His three types of women who collectively compose his complex character here are played by Scarlett with whom he clearly has a quiet sexual passion. Here she is adventuresome enough to enter his cinematically composed she-being as essentially sexual being. Her occupation is continuously improving photography which (with painting) Woody and others often conflate with film-making.

    His second woman is too predictable to describe. Woody has entered Almodovar territory, physically, sexually and emotionally. Cruz merely has to show up in her passionate Almadovar kit. She's an emotional basketcase, a sexual genius, a painter.

    The third woman is the new bit in this equation. She's the most attractive, the most self aware. Where the film is sets about watching the exploration of selves in place, she is a student of that place. She is the one who sees and fears and yet indulges. She is the true love, or rather her existence is what makes love possible.

    Her occupation is the "study" of Catalon culture.

    The radical observation here is that she leaves the place, this empowering it.

    -- and of course the third grand element is not that this is Barcelona, but Gaudi's Barcelona. The place is only accidentally a physical place. It's really a spatial philosophy that suits (and indeed invented) the notion of superimposed ambiguous sexual emotions on space.

    We are, for all the womanly registration scenes, in Gaudi spaces, either physically or by reference. Energies from the soul recorded, enticed and charmed from the forms we see in two dimensions.

    If Woody ever were to do a three D movie, this would be the one. Alas, he passes. And he omits the most complex and life- changing place, the crypt of the unfinished chapel. Shame on his advisers.

    This is essential Tedg stuff. Introspection. Complex love, it's relationship to attraction, what it means to be a woman and how that can be traced in cinematic architectural sex.

    As a Woodyfold, it ranks with my other subtle favorite which it may well replace in my pantheon of essential films "Sweet and Lowdown."

    Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
    helpful•15
    10
    • tedg
    • Feb 27, 2009

    FAQ2

    • Is 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' based on a book?
    • When does Penélope Cruz show up?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 15, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Spain
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Summer Wedding
    • Filming locations
      • Puerto Olímpico, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Production companies
      • The Weinstein Company
      • Mediapro
      • Gravier Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $23,216,709
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,755,575
      • Aug 17, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $96,409,300
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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