‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ by Woody Allen
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a fantastic film by Woody Allen who often choose the subject of fantasies in relationships like in ‘Manhattan’ (1979). It was very touching to see how the characters were dealing with their relationships, all of them suffered from very different complexities. One of them was ‘chronically dissatisfied’ and seeing herself as ungifted. Another character was just about to marry a person who could potentially bore her to death… The third character was so free to do whatever he wanted that nobody wanted to stay with him. The film has a lot to do with what do we aspire to be, acceptance of our life and is it right to try to change or just be happy with what you have got. It doesn’t matter if he is a gangster in the Cohen Brother’s Film or an artist like in this one, Javier Bardem is excellent and charismatic actor. Penélope Cruz reinvented herself in Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver and again in this one. Although the film is funny at times and entertaining, it deals with very sad and complicated moments in life.
