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101 Reykjavik review by A customer from London

Quirky and offbeat 11 October 2004
...uite capture the book's humour, but is definitely worth a watch, especially for Victoria Abril's fantastic performance as Lola. ... Read customer review

After Darkness review by TheRandomNomad from Somerset

There's More To Life Than Watching This... 18 March 2008
...Got this because I love Victoria Abril, but this is not one of hers or John Hurt’s finest cinematic moments. The plot is flimsy and I found my concentration wandering and re... Read customer review

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! review by birdieann from U.K.

Sexy, stylish and rather challenging! 26 January 2005
... for the studio where Marina, an ex-porn star and junkie (beautifully played by Victoria Abril), is filming a new movie with wheelchair-bound obsessed director, Maximo. Ricky... Read customer review

Victoria Abril - filmography

Swindled on DVD (2004)
Starring: Victoria Abril, Federico Luppi, Manuel Alexandre
Director: Miguel Bardem
Certificate:
Ernesto (Ernesto Alterio) is apprenticed to well-seasoned con artists Manco (Manuel Alexandre) and Federico (Federico Luppi), when the trio decide to execute their coup de grace in this plot-twisted thriller. In order to pull off this large job, they enlist the help of Pilar (Victoria Abril), a ..read more »

59% from 318 members

Don't Tempt Me (2001)
Starring: Victoria Abril, Demian Bichir, Fanny Ardant
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Certificate:
Two angels, one from the heaven (Victoria Abril) and one from the hell (Penélope Cruz), come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.

65% from 23 members
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101 Reykjavik on DVD (2000)
Starring: Victoria Abril, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Hanna Maria Karlsdottir
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Certificate:
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A lad who lives with his mother refuses to grow up and has no inclination to explore the outside world. But life is not planned and he finds himself in a predicament of having slept with his mother's girlfriend... Black comedy.

61% from 3,185 members

Between Your Legs on DVD (1999)
Starring: Victoria Abril, Javier Bardem, Carmelo Gomez
Director: Manuel Gamez Pereira
Certificate:
Miranda's daily dog walking strolls are excuses to pursue sexual encounters with men, who she readily discards afterwards. In order to deal with her sex addiction, she signs up for therapy...

52% from 1,399 member

French Twist on DVD (1994)
Starring: Josiane Balasko, Victoria Abril, Alain Chabat
Director: Josiane Balasko
Certificate:
When Loli becomes fed up with her husband's philandering, she invites a butch, cigar-smoking lesbian to move in with them.

57% from 2,288 members

Jimmy Hollywood on DVD (1994)
Starring: Victoria Abril, Joe Pesci, Christian Slater
Director: Barry Levinson
Certificate:
Unlike most people, when Jimmy Alto (Oscar winner Joe Pesci) is robbed, he sees it as a great career-boosting opportunity. The struggling actor cannot get a break in the film industry for love or money. So, with the help of best friend William (Christian Slater), he takes to secretly videotaping ..read more »

52% from 77 members

Kika on DVD (1993)
Starring: Veronica Forque, Peter Coyote, Victoria Abril
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Certificate:
Black comedy from Pedro Almodovar about a make-up artist and her relationship with a philandering American writer living in Madrid. Features the usual roster of Almodovar comic stalwarts such as a rapist-thief, a narcoleptic son, a roving camerawoman voyeur, a lesbian housemaid and various ..read more »

62% from 2,949 members

High Heels on DVD (1991)
Starring: Feodor Atkine, Marisa Parades, Victoria Abril
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Certificate:
Pedro Almodóvar is one of the most notorious and celebrated directors of international film who single-handedly ushered in a new wave of Spanish film. Mixing up a cocktail of strong characters, weird sex, odd violence, perverse humour, bizarre plot twists, with elements of classic melodrama and ..read more »

67% from 1,206 member

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! on DVD (1990)
Starring: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Francisco Rabal
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Certificate:
I'll never love you . . . ever! the sexy and attractive Marina (Victoria Abril) states emphatically to the love-struck Ricky (Antonio Banderas). You know she means what she says because when she makes this statement she is handcuffed and lashed to a bed, not exactly the proper way to warm anyone up ..read more »

64% from 7,951 members

Baton Rouge (1988)
Starring: Victoria Abril, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas
Director: Rafael Monleón
Certificate:
A gigolo seduces a wealthy woman and with the help of her psychiatrist, conspires to murder the woman's husband and frame her for the crime. But the plan backfires, setting off a chain of deceit and double-crosses.

60% from 4 members
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Max Mon Amour on DVD (1986)
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Certificate:
A suspicious husband discovers that the object of his wife's infidelity is none other than a chimpanzee named Max. Not wanting to appear old-fashioned, he invites the simian lover to move in. In his obssession to discover the reason for his wife's attraction to a beast, the husband loses sight of ..read more »

41% from 164 members

After Darkness on DVD (1985)
Starring: John Hurt, Julian Sands, Victoria Abril
Director: Dominique Gerrard, Sergio Guerraz, Sergio G
Certificate:
The disturbing story of Peter Hunningford, who discharges his insane brother from a clinic and moves into a rundown apartment with him to provide the care he needs. But eventually the illness spreads to Peter. Tragedy follows...

37% from 137 members

Victoria Abril facts

5 most recent films

Swindled - 3.0 stars
Don't Tempt Me - 3.5 stars
101 Reykjavik - 3.0 stars
Between Your Legs - 2.5 stars
French Twist - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

High Heels - 3.5 stars
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! - 3.0 stars
Kika - 3.0 stars
101 Reykjavik - 3.0 stars
Swindled - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Baton Rouge - 3.0 stars
Don't Tempt Me - 3.5 stars
After Darkness - 2.0 stars
Max Mon Amour - 2.0 stars
Between Your Legs - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Halldóra Björnsdóttir - 2 times - show films
Antonio Banderas - 2 times - show films
Edda Heidrún Backman - 2 times - show films
Joe Pesci - 2 times - show films
Christian Slater - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Pedro Almodovar - 3 times - show films
Baltasar Kormakur - 2 times - show films
Barry Levinson - 2 times - show films
Miguel Bardem - 1 times - show films
Sergio Guerraz - 1 times - show films

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