Monday 15 August 2005

Kika (1993)

This film is Almodovar in a playful mood before the maturity of some of his later movies; only he could direct a rape scene as high comedy.  Kika is a free spirit who moves from lover to lover, new situation to yet another without blinking twice.  We see her with her most recent (cataleptic) boyfriend, her venal servant -- the incredibly weird-looking Rossy De Palma, and crossing swords with a no-holds-barred TV scandalmonger played by the remarkable Victoria Abril.  The American actor Peter Coyote also floats in and out of this screwball world as a nonchalant murderer. 

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