Kika

"A memorable, surreal and bizarre comedy in the best Almodóvar style!"

1993 1h 57m ES

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6.4

MID

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59%

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METACRITIC

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6.5

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 332🥫59%Rotten Tomatoes●53Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 15,326

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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When American author Nicholas brings in a cosmetologist named Kika to prepare the corpse of his recently deceased son, she inadvertently revives the young man, then falls in love with him. Forces conspire against the couple, though, as Nicholas wants Kika for himself.

“A memorable, surreal and bizarre comedy in the best Almodóvar style!”

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Cast

Verónica Forqué
Kika
Victoria Abril
Andrea Caracortada
Peter Coyote
Nicholas Pierce
Rossy de Palma
Juana
Àlex Casanovas
Ramón
Santiago Lajusticia
Pablo
Bibiana Fernández
Susana
Anabel Alonso
Amparo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writers: Pedro Almodóvar
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Spain, France

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Spain, France.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, shot by Alfredo Mayo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor José Salcedo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Verónica Forqué and Victoria Abril and Peter Coyote carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A memorable, surreal and bizarre comedy in the best Almodóvar style!".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0107315 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Pedro Almodóvar directs. Alfredo Mayo behind the camera. José Salcedo cuts. Produced in Spain, France. Dialogue in Spanish.

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133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2International production across 2 countries: Spain, France.
3Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, shot by Alfredo Mayo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor José Salcedo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Verónica Forqué and Victoria Abril and Peter Coyote carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "A memorable, surreal and bizarre comedy in the best Almodóvar style!".
7IMDB entry: tt0107315 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Alfredo Mayo
Editing: José Salcedo
Costume design: Jean-Paul Gaultier
Makeup / hair: Gregorio Ros
Sound: Graham V. Hartstone
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $2,019,069
Original language: ES
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Kika (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes: 59% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 53/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 15,326 votes
MPAA: Unrated

Awards

5 wins & 9 nominations

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CinemaSerf2024-04-22
★ 7/10
There probably aren't many film directors who can tackle the subject of rape, head on, and manage to get a laugh. Well I think Pedro Almodóvar just about manages that here thanks to an amiably strong performance from the eponymous make-up artist (Verónique Forqué). We first meet her when she is drafted in by her lover "Nicholas" (Peter Coyote) to dress the corpse of his son "Ramón" (Àlex Casanovas). What might have helped would have been for the young man to actually be dead! Next thing, he is proposing to her - unaware of the thing with his dad - and they are living together. Happy ending? Well no, because it turns out that his mother killed herself - or did she? Star of red-top television "Scarface" (the super-hammy Victoria Abril) lives across the road and when not cavaliering around on her motorbike dressed like a mobile outside broadcast truck, she is rather voyeuristically filming from her terrace and finally, there's the horny porn star "Pablo" (Santiago Lajusticia) whose record is four times consecutively and who knows how he likes to eat an orange segment. It is maybe just that the whole film's dark comedy is in such shocking bad taste that it sort of works. There's a vague mystery underpinning the thing, but essentially this is just a chance for the over-the-top Forqué to present a character that takes the rise out of the excesses of femininity and masculinity quite engagingly. Her life is a mess, but it's a quirky mess and it's her's! Indeed, just about everyone's life here is a bit a shambles and I found it quite fun as we wade about through them all. It's a bit rough around the edges, and Coyote isn't the best, but it is an eclectic character study that I quite enjoyed.

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