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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

★ 6.8 · 4,000 ratings on TMDB

Life is the ultimate work of art.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona poster★ 6.8

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.

DirectorWoody Allen
CastChris Messina, Christopher Evan Welch, Javier Bardem, Julio Perillán, Kevin Dunn, Patricia Clarkson
GenresDrama, Romance
The emergence reading

Vicky Cristina Barcelona keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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