Victoria

Name: Victoria
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 9, 2015
Duration: 138 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Burak Yigit, Franz Rogowski, Frederick Lau, Laia Costa, Max Mauff

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Adopt Films | Release Date: October 9, 2015 | Not Rated

Starring: Burak Yigit, Franz Rogowski, Frederick Lau, Laia Costa, Max Mauff

Summary: Victoria (Laia Costa), a young woman from Madrid, meets four local Berliners outside a nightclub. Sonne and his friends promise to show her a good time and the real side of the city. But these lads have gotten themselves into hot water: they owe someone a dangerous favor that requires repaying that evening. As Victoria’s flirtation withVictoria (Laia Costa), a young woman from Madrid, meets four local Berliners outside a nightclub. Sonne and his friends promise to show her a good time and the real side of the city. But these lads have gotten themselves into hot water: they owe someone a dangerous favor that requires repaying that evening. As Victoria’s flirtation with Sonne deepens into something more, he convinces her to come along for the ride. And later, when things become more ominous and possibly lethally dangerous for Sonne, she insists on coming along. As the night takes on an ever more menacing character, what started out as a good time, quickly spirals out of control. As dawn approaches, Victoria and Sonne address the inevitable: it’s all or nothing and they abandon themselves to a heart-stopping race into the depths of hell. [Adopt Films]… Expand

Director: Sebastian Schipper

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 138 min

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Empire Liz Beardsworth

Apr 4, 2016

So much more than a one-take gimmick movie, Victoria is a stunning cinematic achievement. Full of twists that feel authentic and believable characters, it grips from the first compelling frame to the last. Read full review

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The Guardian Nigel M Smith

Sep 11, 2015

Despite the strong performances, it’s Schipper’s single-shot conceit - and the fact that he and his team pulled it off with aplomb - that makes Victoria such a bracing triumph. While the entire enterprise is inarguably a stunt, Victoria manages to overwhelm in ways that few films do. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Oct 8, 2015

The other remarkable aspect of Mr. Schipper’s film centers on the title character, who is played by an extraordinary Spanish actress named Laia Costa. She’s full of energy, and effortless grace. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Oct 8, 2015

This uneven but funny and engrossing drama is less about Victoria than about time itself: how it slows down in the bleary middle of the night, how it speeds up relationships between strangers when no one else is around, how capacious it is in containing the most unexpected of swerves and stumbles. Read full review

Stephanie Merry

Nov 24, 2015

The acting, especially by Costa, is first rate. Exuding both a childlike openness and a tendency toward the recklessness of young adulthood, the actress backs up even her character’s most questionable choices with conviction. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Oct 15, 2015

Obviously, no one should wish all films were shot like this. But the approach suits this story and these characters, and that’s all it had to do. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Oct 7, 2015

One can chart the very moment that Victoria's existence slips out of the routine into the nightmarish, and there's no escape by temporal omission. Read full review

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joehavermann

Jan 2, 2016

Sebastian Schipper’s flawless masterpiece is a potent reminder of why I love cinema. It expertly evokes the entire gamut of human emotion, and its actors have some of the best chemistry that I have ever seen in a film. More than any film this year, “Victoria” is best viewed without knowingSebastian Schipper’s flawless masterpiece is a potent reminder of why I love cinema. It expertly evokes the entire gamut of human emotion, and its actors have some of the best chemistry that I have ever seen in a film. More than any film this year, “Victoria” is best viewed without knowing too much about the plot. The film consists of a single, 140 minute take, and yet it ends so far away from where it begins that it is easy to forget that the story unfolds in real time: A young woman from Spain meets a group of German guys as she is leaving a club in Berlin. You get the sense that she’s lonely, bored, and frustrated with her life, and so she continues to hang out with them, even when things don’t seem quite right. She’s drawn to Sonne, the charming young man who initially approaches her: most of the first half of the film shows their carefree and playful interaction. The audience falls in love with the characters at the same time as the two main characters fall in love with one another... And then something happens, and would Victoria be willing to do just one, small favor? There is nothing gimmicky about the fact that the film is a single shot – actually one shot, not edited to appear that way: it’s a decision that thrusts the audience into the film, in the same way that Victoria is thrust into the events of the story. At first blush the plot might seem absurd, and yet, emotionally and logically, each sequence seems to follow inescapably from the sequence that precedes it, and the viewer is left with the sense that none of the characters ever quite grasp the gravity of the decisions that they are making. “Victoria” is powerfully well made – it’s my favorite film of this year, and one of my favorite films of any year.… Expand

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a428348

Nov 21, 2015

What a great great movie! And I'm not saying that just because of the technical brilliance (which is already impressive enough). I'm saying it because you, as a viewer, really get to be in the movie, with the characters, in their lives, and follow them around, like you were an invisibleWhat a great great movie! And I'm not saying that just because of the technical brilliance (which is already impressive enough). I'm saying it because you, as a viewer, really get to be in the movie, with the characters, in their lives, and follow them around, like you were an invisible observer. It's an extraordinary experience, and about how many movies can you say that?… Expand

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AIle

Sep 13, 2018

أعتقد أن فيلم فيكتوريا واحد من الأفلام القليلة في اوروبا التي تجذب الانتباه منذ بدايتها حتى النهاية، لأسباب تتعلق بطبيعة الإخراج (ون شوت) وثانياً اعتباره فيلماً شبابياً خالصاً، وثالثاً هو فكرته المميزة جداً التي في ظاهرها قضية إجرامية ولكن بتصوري باطنها هو الخير البشري الذي يتحطم على صخرةأعتقد أن فيلم فيكتوريا واحد من الأفلام القليلة في اوروبا التي تجذب الانتباه منذ بدايتها حتى النهاية، لأسباب تتعلق بطبيعة الإخراج (ون شوت) وثانياً اعتباره فيلماً شبابياً خالصاً، وثالثاً هو فكرته المميزة جداً التي في ظاهرها قضية إجرامية ولكن بتصوري باطنها هو الخير البشري الذي يتحطم على صخرة القانون الوضعي والذي أنتجته أصلاً امؤسسات البشرية وطورته.
قصة الفيلم هي قصة فيكتوريا الشابة الغريبة عن المدينة والتي تحاول إيجاد علاقة لتؤنس وحدتها في مشهد اولي وهو نادي ليلي، ثم تخرج لتلتقي بأربعة شبان المانيين يشربون البيرة وتبدأ الحكاية ويشعر الجميع انم في عمق قضية غامضة لسرقة مصرف.
في نهاية المطاف يموت الجميع وتبقى فيكتوريا حية.
بتصوري الفيلم عالج مشكلة مجتمع كامل داخل اوروبا من خلال قصة قصيرة .. بأن الشر او ما نظنه شراً ليس سوى طريقة اخرى في التعبير عن الخير الذي بداخلنا وما ظهوره سوى للقانون الاجتماعي المهمل للإنسان.
فيكتوريا فيلم من نوعية الشد العصبي والانفعال الهادئ والمتوتر بأن اللحظة.
وهو من أحد المفضلات لدي… Expand

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EpicLadySponge

Mar 10, 2016

Hey, at least it was better than what you think and it was absolutely better than my latest low score. Victoria is easily enjoyable throughout these past few hours.

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khashayarghkh

Jan 17, 2018

This movie messed up my head beyond repair, i lived in Berlin for almost a year i kinda felt like i was there, the cinematography & the storyline is just too perfect, its too good to be true, in other words super realism.

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atharoon

Nov 20, 2015

Victoria is a fascinating concept - over two hours of a single take produces a heavy tension around what this young spanish woman experiences that early morning in Berlin.
But even if you keep in mind, that Victoria is - with her teenage past almost entirely filled by her desparate effortVictoria is a fascinating concept - over two hours of a single take produces a heavy tension around what this young spanish woman experiences that early morning in Berlin.
But even if you keep in mind, that Victoria is - with her teenage past almost entirely filled by her desparate effort to become a professional piano player - someone ready to party, have fun, have real friends. She wants to live a life worth living. Even with all this in mind, I had from the moment after moment thinking: Victoria, why are you doing this? Why are you not just running away? She may want to live life, but is she crazy? The story concept just wraps a thick layer of madness around Victoria's character, a layer way too thick for my taste.… Expand

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xguest

Nov 22, 2015

What a waste of time! The first half is utterly boring, none of the characters inspires any sympathy, and Victoria's behavior is totally absurd and makes no sense at all. I waited the whole time for some kind of punchline, that would justify the gushing reviews, but it never came.

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