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Victoria Abril

Victoria Abril


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Victoria Abril - what members say


  • 101 Reykjavik
  • 101 Reykjavik review by A customer from London
    Rated - 3.0 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. ...   Read customer review
  • After Darkness
  • After Darkness review by TheRandomNomad from Somerset
    Rated - 1.0 stars 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!
  • Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! review by birdieann from U.K.
    Rated - 3.0 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...   Read customer review

Victoria Abril - filmography


  • Swindled on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Victoria Abril,  Federico Luppi,  Manuel Alexandre
    Director: Miguel Bardem
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 318 members
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  • 101 Reykjavik on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Victoria Abril,  Hilmir Snaer Gudnason,  Hanna Maria Karlsdottir
    Director: Baltasar Kormakur
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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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.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,185 members
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  • Jimmy Hollywood on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Victoria Abril,  Joe Pesci,  Christian Slater
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 77 members
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  • Kika on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Veronica Forque,  Peter Coyote,  Victoria Abril
    Director: Pedro Almodovar
    Certificate: 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 ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,949 members
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  • High Heels on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Feodor Atkine,  Marisa Parades,  Victoria Abril
    Director: Pedro Almodovar
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,206 member
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  • Baton Rouge (1988)
    Starring: Victoria Abril,  Carmen Maura,  Antonio Banderas
    Director: Rafael Monleón
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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.
    3 stars out of 5 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: 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 ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 164 members
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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
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