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Victoria Abril - what members say


  • 101 Reykjavik
  • 101 Reykjavik review by A customer from London
    Rated - 3 stars 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. ...  
  • Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
  • Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! review by birdieann from U.K.
    Rated - 3 stars 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...  
  • Kika
  • Kika review by Thomas Savage from London, England
    Rated - 2 stars Wild, wacky, self-conscious - and a bit of let-down 4 October 2006
    ...The third part of Almodovar's unoffical Victoria Abril trilogy, each focussing on an aspect of family life. 'Kika' is an improvement on 'Tacones lejanos', but, in itself, is...  

Victoria Abril - filmography


  • Swindled
  • Swindled on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Victoria Abril,  Federico Luppi,  Manuel Alexandre
    Director: Miguel Bardem
    Certificate: 15
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (54%)
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  • Jimmy Hollywood
  • Jimmy Hollywood on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Victoria Abril,  Joe Pesci,  Christian Slater
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 15
    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 ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (45%)
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  • Kika
  • Kika on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Veronica Forque,  Peter Coyote,  Victoria Abril
    Director: Pedro Almodovar
    Certificate: 18
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (62%)
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  • Max Mon Amour
  • Max Mon Amour on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Charlotte Rampling,  Anthony Higgins,  Victoria Abril
    Director: Nagisa Oshima
    Certificate: 18
    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 ...
    Rate this: 2.0 (39%)
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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
Jimmy Hollywood - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! - 3.0 stars
Kika - 3.0 stars
101 Reykjavik - 3.0 stars
Swindled - 3.0 stars
French Twist - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Jimmy Hollywood - 2.5 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


Francisco Rabal - 1 times - show films
Manuel Alexandre - 1 times - show films
Anne-Marie Besse - 1 times - show films
Hilmir Snaer Gudnason - 1 times - show films
Carmelo Gomez - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Pedro Almodovar - 2 times - show films
Agustin Diaz Yanes - 1 times - show films
Josiane Balasko - 1 times - show films
Manuel Gamez Pereira - 1 times - show films
Dominique Gerrard - 1 times - show films