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Lush and seductive,yet a tale of hidden melancholy
A typical Woody Allen movie,VCB is very lush and enchanting in its portrayal of honey-tinted summer,picturesque Spanish alleys,and the languid pace of life doused in wine,arts,culture and lovemaking! A tale of two friends, Vicky(Hall) and Cristina(Johansson) who go to Barcelona to spend a holiday,fall prey to the seductive beckoning of love and shimmer of a different life in a strange city. The two women are different from each other in terms of their understanding and beliefs and their responses to life and situations are different. Yet,they are victimized in the same way and are dizzied by the circumstances. Juan Antonio(Bardem) a painter becomes the seductive force which... |