Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.4/10   

Réalisateur:

Woody Allen

Scénariste (WGA):

Woody Allen (written by)

Release Date:

15 août 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Romance

Accroche:

Life is the ultimate work of art

Plot:

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

Plot Keywords:

Barcelona | Painter | Summer | Ex Wife | Marriage

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 19 wins & 23 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

"I'm famous for my intolerance."

Ensemble

Rebecca Hall	...	Vicky
Scarlett Johansson	...	Cristina
Javier Bardem	...	Juan Antonio Gonzalo
Penélope Cruz	...	Maria Elena
Christopher Evan Welch	...	Narrator
Chris Messina	...	Doug
Patricia Clarkson	...	Judy Nash
Kevin Dunn	...	Mark Nash
Julio Perillán	...	Charles
Juan Quesada	...	Guitarist in Barcelona
Richard Salom	...	Art Gallery Guest #1
Manel Barceló	...	Doctor
Josep Maria Domènech	...	Julio Josep
Emilio de Benito	...	Guitarist in Asturias
Maurice Sonnenberg	...	Art Gallery Guest #2
Lloll Bertran	...	Juan Antonio's Friend #2
Joel Joan	...	Juan Antonio's Friend #3
Sílvia Sabaté	...	Juan Antonio's Friend #4
Jaume Montané	...	Juan Antonio's Friend #1
Pablo Schreiber	...	Ben
Carrie Preston	...	Sally
Zak Orth	...	Adam
Abel Folk	...	Jay
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Joan Pera
Jordi Basté	...	Art Gallery Guest (uncredited)
Michael Bennett	...	Art Gallery Bartender (uncredited)
Paco Mir	...	Art Gallery Guest (uncredited)
Rodrigo Rojas	...	Party guest (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Woody Allen

Scénaristes (WGA)
Woody Allen		(written by)

Produit par
Letty Aronson	....	producer
Bernat Elias	....	line producer
Charles H. Joffe	....	co-executive producer
Javier Méndez	....	co-executive producer
Helen Robin	....	co-producer
Jack Rollins	....	co-executive producer
Jaume Roures	....	executive producer
Stephen Tenenbaum	....	producer
Gareth Wiley	....	producer

Image
Javier Aguirresarobe

Montage
Alisa Lepselter

Distribution des rôles
Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto
Juliet Taylor

Création des décors
Alain Bainée

Direction artistique
Iñigo Navarro

Création des costumes
Sonia Grande

Maquillage
Robert Fama	....	hair stylist: New York
Manolo García	....	key hair stylist
Ana Lozano	....	key makeup artist
Jesús Martos	....	hair stylist
Eva Quilez	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Nicos Beatty	....	assistant unit manager
Bernat Elias	....	production manager
Magda Gargallo	....	assistant unit manager
Bernat Manzano	....	assistant unit manager
Oriol Marcos	....	unit production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Victor Cuadrado	....	third assistant director
Daniela Forn	....	first assistant director
Ainara Gamero	....	second assistant director (as Ainhara Gamero)
Marcos González Palma	....	dga trainee: New York
Murphy Occhino	....	second assistant director: New York
Richard Patrick	....	first assistant director: New York
Anna Rua	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Marina Pozanco	....	props buyer

Technicien du son
Jorge Adrados	....	boom operator
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Glossop	....	sound mixer
Matthew Haasch	....	assistant sound editor (as Matt Haasch)
Robert Hein	....	supervising sound editor
Giles Khan	....	sound utility
Sylvia Menno	....	dialogue editor
Shaun Mills	....	boom operator
Dave Paterson	....	foley editor
Glenfield Payne	....	sound effects editor
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
David Wahnon	....	sound editor
Joe White	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects
Randall Balsmeyer	....	visual effects supervisor
Ella Boliver	....	digital compositor
J. John Corbett	....	compositor
J. John Corbett	....	visual effects
Bora Jurisic	....	digital effects artist
Dragan Miokovic	....	digital effects artist
Vadim Turchin	....	3D animator
Vadim Turchin	....	lead technical director
Adrienne Winterhalter	....	visual effects producer

Cascadeur
Xavier Gil Esteller	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Igor Andrés	....	camera trainee
Francesc Carreras	....	first assistant camera
Francisco Carreras	....	first assistant camera
Beatriz Delgado	....	assistant camera
Steve Gilbert	....	dolly grip
Gillian Huxley	....	lighting technician
Jessica Miglio	....	still photographer: New York
Diego Moyano	....	electrician
José Luis Rodríguez	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Pep Armengol	....	additional casting: Spain
Cristina Font	....	extras casting assistant: Spain
Luci Lenox	....	additional casting: Spain
Anabel Pereda	....	assistant: additional casting
Sandra Sánchez	....	extras casting
Julie Schubert	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Elise DuRant	....	assistant editor: Spain
Kate Rose Itzkowitz	....	assistant editor
Scott Kordish	....	post-production coordinator
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Jorge Ortiz Yus	....	dailies colorist: Spain
Tim Stipan	....	digital opticals colorist
Michael P. Whipple	....	digital intermediate engineer

Divers
Randall Balsmeyer	....	title designer
Maralyn Causley	....	script supervisor
Almudena Cormenzana	....	production coordinator
Albert Dedeu	....	production assistant
Marisa Fernández Armenteros	....	production coordinator
Jo Gallagher	....	clearance
Jo Gallagher	....	production secretary
Sage Lehman	....	assistant: Woody Allen
Jessica Lichtner	....	script supervisor: New York
Pietro Lorino Jr.	....	production controller
Laura Mateos	....	assistant production accountant
Ali Moshref	....	production accountant
Marc Panadés	....	production assistant
Saray Perez	....	assistant production accountant
Ainara Porron	....	production coordinator
Melissa Tomjanovich	....	assistant: Woody Allen

Thanks
Deborah Alexander	....	special thanks
Jim Gardner	....	special thanks
Jay Rubin	....	special thanks
Peter Schneider	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Mediapro
• Gravier Productions
• Antena 3 Films (in association with)
• Antena 3 Televisión (in association with)

Distributors

• Aerofilms (2008) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Bazuca Films (2009) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Bir Film (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• Central Partnership (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Cinéart (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Discovery Film & Video Distribution (2008) (Croatia) (all media)
• Eurofilms (2009) (Peru) (all media)
• Festive Films (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Filmware International (2008) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Hopscotch Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Mediapro (2008) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Pachamama Cine (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Spentzos Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Twin Pics (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twin Pics (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Viva International Pictures (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Weinstein Company, The (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Big Film Design (visual effects)
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates (visual effects)

Other Companies

• ASG Cine y Figuracion  extras casting: Asturias-Spain
• Big Film Design  titles
• Modern VideoFilm  post-production facilities
• Orbit Digital  thanks
• Ovide B S  remote video
• Postworks New York  thanks (as Postworks)
• Sound One  sound re-recording (as Sound One Corp.)
• Telarc Records  soundtrack

Autre(s) titre(s):

Midnight in Barcelona (Spain) (working title)
Woody Allen Spanish Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexuality, and smoking.

Durée:

96 min

Pays:

Spain | USA

Langue:

Anglais | Catalan | Espagnol

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital (Mono)

Classification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44252) | Finland:K-11 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Sweden:7 | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIB | Brazil:12 | Ireland:15A | New Zealand:M | South Africa:13LS | UK:12A | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | Netherlands:6 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Argentina:16 | South Korea:15 | Iceland:L

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Avilés, Asturias, Spain

Company:

Mediapro

Anecdotes:

"Vicky Cristina Barcelona" was based on a screenplay Woody Allen originally wrote years earlier, which was set in San Francisco. Since his deal for this film specified that it must be shot in Spain, Allen looked for a story from his files that could be rewritten for a Spanish setting, took his old San Francisco-set script and rewrote it to take place in Barcelona.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Oviedo is referred to as part of Catalonia with Vicky continuing her research on "Catalan culture" while she is there. In fact, Oviedo is in Asturias, not Catalonia.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Narrator: Vicky and Cristina decided to spend the summer in Barcelona. Vicky was completing her master's in Catalan Identity, which she had become interested in through her great affection for the architecture of Gaudí. Cristina, who spent the last six months writing...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Barcelona

"I'm famous for my intolerance."

Vicky (a neurotic and sexy Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (a neurotic and gorgeous Scarlett Johansson) are two American tourists in Spain examining their differing views on love in Woody Allen's breezy and alluring "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". Amidst a tempestuous summer in Barcelona, the ladies are both seduced by a free-thinking painter (a perfect Javier Bardem) whose own life is complicated by his still passionate relationship with his ex-wife (a devastating Penelope Cruz, who has never looked more beautiful).

Much like the change from New York City to London invigorated Allen in "Match Point", this vacation to Spain has revived some of the director's more artistic aspirations. The scenery is postcard perfect but drenched in that same dizzying lushness that made Allen's view of NYC so intoxicating in "Manhattan". The churches, the homes, the art museums, the countryside, the intimate city streets and touristy details make you feel like you are visiting Barcelona along with Allen and his cast.

There's also sharpness to the trademark Woody dialog that has been missing for quite some time. Like all of Allen films, this one is endlessly talky, but there's some great subversion when certain lines that seem like throw-aways actually pack a punch when given a second thought. When Bardem first attempts to talk Johansson's character into bed, he says something clichéd about her being hard to please. Quick witted, Johansson replies, "I'm famous for my intolerance." She says it casually, but it packs a bite as it's the complete antithesis of her character's outward desire to be someone who rallies against cultural norms, and she presents herself as someone who is easy-going and tolerant of all.

Allen also displays a keen sense of pacing when he creates tension in his build up to Cruz's appearance after her character is endlessly talked about but never seen until about half way through the film. When Cruz finally arrives, her moody whirling dervish of a performance is the perfect spice to liven up the soupy proceedings. Her seething, fiery line readings combined with looks that could kill make her the front-runner for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars.

The baseline archetypal characters are essentially clichéd, but the way in which Allen handles all of their interpersonal relationships is fairly sophisticated and entertaining even when it grows absurd. There is of course that kiss between Scarlett and Penelope but also some moments of Lynchian-lite when Allen photographs the brunette Hall and blonde Johansson similarly to make them seem like they are two sides of the same woman. There's even more weirdness when die-hard Woody fans realize that in some perverse way Scarlett Johansson's character is the "Woody" part--as in any film he does not star, there is always one character who represents the part he would've played had he been in it. However, film buffs will enjoy some of the nice touches like when Hall and another go to see Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (one of my all time favorite films) or the repetitive use of a Spanish guitar in the soundtrack whenever Bardem and Hall get together. But then there's the mostly unnecessary voice-over narration that fills in expository gaps and shows Allen can still be a lazy tactician.

Woody Allen has always been an acquired taste, even more so in his latter years when he sometimes forgets how to provoke, but his fans should be delighted with this latest European flavored effort. In the end, you'll feel like Javier Bardem is the luckiest man in the world, Penelope Cruz is operating at the echelon of her appeal, and Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson, well, they'll always have Barcelona.