Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a 2008 film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz and Rebecca Hall. Penélope Cruz won both the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Actress in a Supporting Role. The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

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Plot: Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) visit Barcelona for the summer, staying with Vicky's distant relative Judy (Patricia Clarkson) and her husband, Mark Nash (Kevin Dunn). A narrator (Christopher Evan Welch), present throughout the film, describes the two friends: Vicky is practical and traditional in her approach to love and commitment and is engaged to the reliable Doug (Chris Messina). She is in Barcelona getting her masters in "Catalan identity." Cristina, on the other hand, is a nonconformist, spontaneous but unsure of what she wants from life or love. At an art exhibition, they notice the artist Juan Antonio Gonzalo (Javier Bardem). Cristina is impressed with him at first sight, and grows intrigued when Judy and Mark tell the women that the artist has suffered a publicly violent relationship with his ex-wife. Later that night, the women notice him across the room in a restaurant. He approaches their table to invite them to join him for the weekend in the city of Oviedo, in a small plane he flies himself, for sight-seeing, drinking wine, and sex. Cristina accepts the offer almost at once, but Vicky refuses, strongly resenting his assumption that the two of them would agree to go to bed with him after less than five minutes' acquaintance. She eventually decides to accompany her friend anyway, mainly as she says "to protect Cristina from making a fatal mistake."

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At the end of their first day, Juan Antonio asks both women to come to his room. Vicky refuses, but Cristina agrees, though she falls ill before anything happens. For the remainder of the weekend, Vicky and Juan Antonio are together while Cristina recuperates. During their trip, he tells her about his ex-wife and his tumultuous relationship with her and takes her to visit his father, an old poet, causing Vicky to change her negative first impression of him. Late at night, the drunk duo attends a Spanish guitar concert. Afterwards, Juan Antonio tells her she's beautiful, and they make love beneath a tree on the way home. The next day, Juan takes them back to Barcelona. Vicky, feeling guilty, does not mention the incident to Cristina, and the two begin to grow apart, Vicky throwing herself into her Catalan culture studies and Cristina taking up photography. Soon Juan Antonio is dating Cristina. Meanwhile, Doug unexpectedly telephones Vicky, suggesting that they get married in Spain. She reluctantly agrees and he flies to meet her. Cristina and Juan Antonio grow closer and move in together. One night, Cristina and Juan Antonio are awakened by a call, learning that Juan's ex-wife María Elena (Penelope Cruz) has attempted to kill herself. Juan Antonio brings her to his house, and she moves into the guest room. Though initially María Elena mistrusts Cristina, she soon grows fond of her and her photography.

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