Victoria

2015 [GERMAN]

Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller

105
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 136 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 66647 66.6K

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Plot summary

A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

Director

Sebastian Schipper Photo
Sebastian Schipper

Top cast

André Hennicke Photo
André Hennicke as Andi
Laia Costa Photo
Laia Costa as Victoria
Max Mauff Photo
Max Mauff as Fuß
Franz Rogowski Photo
Franz Rogowski as Boxer
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.16 GB
1280*534
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles de  
23.976 fps
2 hr 18 min
Seeds 12
2.22 GB
1920*800
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles de  
23.976 fps
2 hr 18 min
Seeds 59

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 8 / 10

Sebastian Schipper's rather audacious slice-of-life heist thriller...

...Is most impressive for its concept, the logistics needed to carry it out, and its sustained performances without a single cut. It hopes to involve the viewer as a participant in the story by following one girl's experiences over the course of two-and-a-quarter hours. It begins shortly before dawn, playing out in real time in one long, uninterrupted take from beginning to end.The first hour or so sets up the characters as Victoria (Laia Costa), a recent immigrant to Berlin from her native Spain, meets four rather grungy local men while dancing and drinking in a flashy nightclub. They convince her to come with them as they wander aimlessly around the city, and then must go off to an appointment with a local gangster who wants them to pull off a robbery he's planned.Unfortunately, the film really plods its way through much of the first hour, but of course the single-take concept eliminates the possibility for editing the dull parts. Ideally the script should have been pruned to establish the basics and then get into the main plot much sooner. Luckily the last hour and a half picks up both pace and tension dramatically once Victoria commits to accompanying these rather shiftless hoods to their meeting as their driver. It soon becomes quite gripping and much more involving with the plot's quick turns of events and limited point-of-view.
Reviewed by Xstal 9 / 10

The Domino Effect...

A night out alone for a Spanish immigrant, in a nightclub drinking shots she meets some guys she may lament, as they grab her by the hand and in one take she is enraptured, everything that she then does is caught on film, one piece all captured. On the streets over two hours where the past recalls a debt, a modest bank transaction to acquire, seek out and get, best laid plans do not turn out to be effective or thought through, it's not long before the state is chasing, running, lights on blue.Wonderful performances all round, in a film that takes your breath away with what it seeks to achieve, and ultimately does spectacularly.
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