2020
Unrated
Outsider Pictures
1 h 56 m

2020
Unrated
Outsider Pictures
1 h 56 m

Summary The character of Aviva, played by both Zina Zinchenko (and at times by Or Schraiber), is a young Parisian who develops an online romance with Eden, played by Tyler Phillips (and at times Bobbie Jene Smith), a New Yorker. After a long courtship they meet in person and fall in love, settling into an intimate relationship that leads to marr...

Directed By: Boaz Yakin

Written By: Boaz Yakin

2020
Unrated
Outsider Pictures
1 h 56 m

2020
Unrated
Outsider Pictures
1 h 56 m

Aviva

Name: Aviva
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Released: 2020-06-12
Duration: 1 min 56 s
Rating: 65
Cast: Zina Zinchenko, Bobbi Jene Smith, Tyler Phillips, Or Schraiber, Omri Drumlevich

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Boaz Yakin

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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

45% Positive
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9% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

45% Positive
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9% Negative
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Austin Chronicle

Jun 25, 2020

Honestly, it's refreshing to have a movie built around dance and dancers that emphasizes both art and character, especially after the tedious schlock of Gaspar Noé's severely anticlimactic "Climax."

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RogerEbert.com

Jun 12, 2020

With a cast made up of dancers entirely, the resulting work feels like a bold, deeply personal, and psychological ode to the numerous facades of romantic relationships, both uplifting and gloomy.

By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW

The Film Stage

Jun 12, 2020

Explicit and spontaneous, Aviva is a film with several brilliant moments that sometimes loses its way in overly indulgent sequences and set pieces as it dares to chronicle nearly every intimate encounter its characters and many of their friends have over the course of about 40 years. While overly ambitious, Yakin imagines the private life your lover had before you with a sociological lens.

By John Fink FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

Apr 28, 2021

The film’s big experiment feels only semi-interesting.

By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jun 11, 2020

Pride in frank eccentricity pushes at times into the unintentionally absurd. Still, it’s exciting how these dance sequences are treated like any other scene, and disappointing when the compulsion to justify them takes hold.

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IndieWire

Jun 14, 2020

It’s an ambitious piece, but in the dance between experimental ideas and grounded storytelling, Aviva should have listened to her body.

By Jude Dry FULL REVIEW

Movie Nation

Jun 10, 2020

It’s on-screen onanism, and rarely more than that.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Best Friend in the World, Amicalement-votre, Raise Up Films

Release Date Jun 12, 2020

Duration 1 h 56 m

Rating Unrated

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Website https://strandreleasing.com/films/aviva/

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Awards

Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival

• 4 Nominations

Choreoscope International Dance Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

SXSW Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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Zina Zinchenko

Aviva (woman)

Bobbi Jene Smith

Eden (woman)

Tyler Phillips

Eden (Man)

Or Schraiber

Aviva (man)

Omri Drumlevich

Mason

Mouna Soualem

Briana

Annie Rigney

Nicole

Isaias Santamaria

Philippe

Lorenzo Jackson

Darius

Yiannis Logothetis

Kieran

Joaquim de Santana

Aaron Butts

Daniel Staaf

Tony Takata

Roman Malenda

12-Year Old Eden

Sam Brock

Adam Fink

Aven Courtney

Mark Gold

Hannah Elizabeth Alexander

Britt

Chair Amar

Older Boy

Debra Kay Anderson

Realtor

Melissa Anderson

Zeke's Video Dancer

Dot Armstrong

Coney Island Dancer

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