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Kika
1993
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 transexuals, serial killers, porn .. Read more
| Starring | Veronica Forque, Peter Coyote, Victoria Abril |
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| Director | Pedro Almodovar |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema |
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Kika
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 transexuals, serial killers, porn stars and drug addicts - all whisked up into a gloriously immoral frothy sex comedy.
| Starring | Veronica Forque, Peter Coyote, Victoria Abril |
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| Director | Pedro Almodovar |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 12 Jun 2006 Production year: 1993 |
| Format | DVD |
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A familiar diet of sexual deviance, rape, murder and the media from Pedro Almodóvar, the Spaniard famous for his absurd irony and outrageous imagination. A master at creating, then tying up, the most convoluted plots, this is from his lacklustre middle period (including High Heels and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) and focuses on shallow make-up artist Veronica Forqué who makes up a dead body as a favour for a serial-killing author. But the stiff of said novelist's stepson's lesbian maid's psychologically disturbed porno star brother suddenly comes back to life — so she moves in with him! Playing a nosy TV star, Victoria Abril's Jean-Paul Gaultier costumes are fabulous. However, it's ultimately a pointless charade revealing Almodóvar on the verge of a creative breakdown.
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You may already know that a) this is supposed to be Almodóvar's flop; and b) you must wax all indignant over That Rape... read more on Time Out
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35 out of 37 people found this review helpful
A twist on the twisted!
Although I found this film rather confusing at the beginning, once it gets into its stride, it's a fantastic piece of cinema!
Almodóvar's use of bright colours and lots of light provide an interesting contrast to the dark subject matters in this fim, as does the incessantly cheerful Kika (Veronica Forque), this helps to provide a new and darkly comical take on murder, abuse, suicide and various other things! The rape scene in particular encapsulates the mood of the film perfectly, controversially portrayed in a slightly detatched way, with a touch of humour - this has been seen not as making light of the subject, but rather of Almodóvar's belief in the power of women. In this film, there are several Hitchcock references - at one point, the music from Psycho is used!!!
As always with Almodóvar, the costumes are fantastic, and the attention to detail is excellent.
However, I was disappointed that a few of the plot threads were left unresolved , particularly the true story of the past relationship between Andrea and Ramón.
In all, I think you need to have a very open mind when watching this film, and give it your full attention, as it could be easy to get the wrong impression from it - though I highly recommend it to any lovers of Almodóvar! -
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35 out of 37 people found this review helpful
A twist on the twisted!
Although I found this film rather confusing at the beginning, once it gets into its stride, it's a fantastic piece of cinema!
Almodóvar's use of bright colours and lots of light provide an interesting contrast to the dark subject matters in this fim, as does the incessantly cheerful Kika (Veronica Forque), this helps to provide a new and darkly comical take on murder, abuse, suicide and various other things! The rape scene in particular encapsulates the mood of the film perfectly, controversially portrayed in a slightly detatched way, with a touch of humour - this has been seen not as making light of the subject, but rather of Almodóvar's belief in the power of women. In this film, there are several Hitchcock references - at one point, the music from Psycho is used!!!
As always with Almodóvar, the costumes are fantastic, and the attention to detail is excellent.
However, I was disappointed that a few of the plot threads were left unresolved , particularly the true story of the past relationship between Andrea and Ramón.
In all, I think you need to have a very open mind when watching this film, and give it your full attention, as it could be easy to get the wrong impression from it - though I highly recommend it to any lovers of Almodóvar! -
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Almodovar’s Brilliant Career- 25 Aug 2009
The name of Pedro Almodóvar’s production company is El Deseo: Desire films. It’s a quality much in evidence in the vividly carnal, erotic, outrageous and anguished melodramas in which he specializes. Desire – a word that contains lust, love, venality, revenge and ambition – propels his characters as they careen from crisis to crisis, which must be why Almodovar’s heroes and (more often) heroines are almost always in a state of heightened agitation. If we had an... Read more
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