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Kika (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Goya Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
101 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Pedro Almodovar

Written By:
Pedro Almodovar

Actors:
Verónica Forqué ..... Kika (as Veronica Forque)
Peter Coyote ..... Nicholas
Victoria Abril ..... Andrea Caracortada
Álex Casanovas ..... Ramón
Rossy de Palma ..... Juana (as Rossy De Palma)
Santiago Lajusticia ..... Pablo
Anabel Alonso ..... Amparo
Bibiana Fernández ..... Susana (as Bibí Andersen)
Jesús Bonilla ..... Policía (as Jesus Bonilla)
Karra Elejalde ..... Policía
Manuel Bandera ..... Chico Carretera
Charo López ..... Rafaela (as Charo Lopez)
Francisca Caballero ..... Doña Paquita
Mónica Bardem ..... Paca (as Monica Bardem)
Joaquín Climent ..... Asesino

Synopsis:

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar returns to his recurring framework of offbeat sexuality and death with this colorful comedy. Kika (Veronica Forque) is a Madrid makeup artist who falls in love with Ramon (Alex Casanovas), a dead man whose face Kika is hired to prepare for a funeral. Kika's attraction resurrects Ramon, and the two begin cohabiting. Kika becomes embroiled in a pair of criminal schemes, one involving her maid Juana (Rossy De Palma) and Juana's amorous, retarded brother Pablo (Santiago Lajusticia), the other involving Ramon's father, Nicholas (Peter Coyote). After Kika is raped by Pablo, she learns the incident was videotaped by Ramon, the footage ending up on a tabloid television program hosted by Andrea Scarface (Victoria Abril). Kika and Ramon split, but the latter discovers his father's complicity in the demise of his mother, leading to a violent confrontation. Because of Almodovar's humorous treatment of the film's rape, Kika was his third feature in a row that resulted in critical accusations of misogyny and exploitation. His subsequent material became more dramatic and less tinged with black humor.

A hairdresser gets involved with a killer from New York and his son, a television reporter, and a maid and her criminal brother who is out of prison for the day to attend a religious celebration.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 05 December, 2006.

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