Kika (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kika |
| Original title | Kika |
| Country of production | Spain , France |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1993 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pedro Almodovar |
| script | Pedro Almodovar |
| production | Agustín Almodovar |
| camera | Alfredo Fernández Mayo |
| cut | José Salcedo |
| occupation | |
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Kika is a media-critical and satirical feature film by Pedro Almodovar in 1993. The film used as a stylistic device among other black humor . One of the main roles is occupied by Peter Coyote . The premiere date in Germany was March 17, 1994
action
When the photographer Ramón comes to his mother's villa, he hears two shots and finds his mother dead and his stepfather, the author Nicholas, injured. The latter explains to him that his injury came from a fruitless attempt to prevent Ramón's mother from committing suicide.
Three years later, Ramón lives with the beautician Kika, who met him when she put make-up on Ramón, who was thought to be dead, on behalf of Nicholas and brought him back to life. One day when Nicholas stands at Ramón's door, burned down, he offers to move into his studio, which is located above Ramón and Kika's apartment. One day, Kika is ambushed and raped in her apartment by an escaped serial rapist and former porn actor, who is the brother of her housemaid Juana. A voyeur notifies the police anonymously, but the rapist escapes by motorcycle from the television journalist Andrea Caracortada, Ramón's ex-girlfriend, who was also notified. For her show, Das Schlimmsten vom Tage , she films sensational stories live with the camera on her head and presses Kika, who then refers her to the apartment. When pictures of Kika's rape appear in The Worst of the Day and Ramón confesses to having provided these pictures as an anonymous voyeur, Kika leaves him. Meanwhile, Andrea accidentally received a fragment of a novel about a serial killer from Nicholas, whom she had commissioned. On the basis of the films made available to her, Andrea researches that the serial murders shown are actually the acts of Nicholas.
While looking at an old film, Ramón discovers how Nicholas killed his mother. He looks for him in his mother's villa and confronts him with the truth, but has a heart attack there. Shortly afterwards, Andrea appears and enters the villa. Andrea and Nicholas shoot each other. Kika, who arrives a short time later, brings Ramón back to life, but does not follow the ambulance with Ramón in her car, but forks a hitchhiker with whom she wants to drive to a wedding party in the country.
background
The extravagant costumes, like Andrea's, were designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier and José María Cossío in collaboration with Gianni Versace .
criticism
“The only way, says Almodóvar, to survive in this world is to keep a good face. The persistence with which his Kika (Veronica Forqué) tries to turn the perverse power games that flare up around her again and again into the positive is neither an expression of female willingness to devote nor female naivete. "
"A shrill farce that mixes different genres and indulges in diverse provocations without wanting to make a real analysis of the denounced phenomena."
Awards
- 1994: Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) for Verónica Forqué
- 1994: Goya - Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal) for Verónica Forqué
- 1994: Sant Jordi Awards - Audience Award - Best Film (Mejor Película Española) for Pedro Almodóvar
- 1995: Premios ACE - Cinema - Best Actress for Victoria Abril
- 1995: Premios ACE - Cinema - Best Supporting Actress for Rossy de Palma
Web links
- Kika in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Elisabeth Bronfen: The law of women. Feminine colors and masculine looks indicate. du Magazin, September 4, 2002. Retrieved January 12, 2009
- ↑ Kika. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .