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  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary An 8-year-old black child named Victoria (Keylia Achie Beguie), is taken in for a night by the wealthy, white, well-intentioned family of one of her schoolmates. The experience haunts her for years to come, shaping her desires and offering a mirage of privilege that she dreams of but finds impossible to attain. As an adult (Guslagie Mala...

Directed By: Jean-Paul Civeyrac

Written By: Doris Lessing, Jean-Paul Civeyrac

  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 35 m

My Friend Victoria

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Summary An 8-year-old black child named Victoria (Keylia Achie Beguie), is taken in for a night by the wealthy, white, well-intentioned family of one of her schoolmates. The experience haunts her for years to come, shaping her desires and offering a mirage of privilege that she dreams of but finds impossible to attain. As an adult (Guslagie Mala...

Directed By: Jean-Paul Civeyrac

Written By: Doris Lessing, Jean-Paul Civeyrac

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75% Mixed
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70
Dec 1, 2015
My Friend Victoria has a specific vibrancy as delicate and understated as Lessing's social critique. It's an accumulation of small moments: telling gazes, sour notes in the dialogue, the persistent impression of a woman who's in a room but never fully present.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 3, 2015
Victoria is definitely what you would call a passive protagonist, and although the film subtly explores questions of ethnic identity, it doesn't necessarily keep one engaged until the end.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 3, 2015
As drifting and dreamy as its searching heroine, My Friend Victoria takes a graceful but unsatisfying stroll through the life and longings of a young black woman in contemporary Paris.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 30, 2015
The film disappoints in its refusal to allow for deeper articulations of racism beyond, well, visible and verbal displays of racism.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Les Films Pelléas, Versus Production, Canal+, Ciné+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Soficinéma 9, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Région Bourgogne, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Inver Invest, Belgacom
Release Date Dec 4, 2015
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Unrated
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Website https://www.kinolorber.com/film/myfriendvictoria
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Black Reel Awards
• 1 Nomination

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