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Viva

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In a near future, in water-starved Barcelona, forty-year-old Nora emerges from a battle with breast cancer with a fierce, almost desperate need to feel alive. She plunges into two intense relationships with Tom and Max, setting her on a raw journey through her deepest desires and unspoken fears.

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Jay Weissberg Variety 6d
“Viva” is constrained by just how predictable so many of the characterizations are. The final shot, meant to feel liberating and, yes, Alive!, is so easy and pat that it intensifies certain niggling dissatisfactions popping up throughout the running time. Go to Full Review Santiago Echeverría EscribiendoCine 2d
6/10
A directorial debut that finds its strength not in the answers it offers, but in the questions it leaves open. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) 3d
To paraphrase the late Roger Ebert, I hate hate hated it. Go to Full Review Àngel Quintana Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 6d
The true driving force behind Viva is not so much the illness itself but rather the will to reclaim pleasure, embrace life's contradictions, and move forward despite anxiety and uncertainty. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Manu Yáñez Fotogramas 6d
4/5
...'Viva' manages to transform a reality with familiar twists and turns into a strange and unpredictable adventure, comical and poignant, exhausting in its own uplifting way. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com 6d
3.5/5
...Clotet ultimately rises above the manipulative and overly binary setup through an intimate, raw exploration of a woman's contradictions, guilt, desires, frustrations, searches, and resilience. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Aina Clotet

Director

Aina Clotet

Actor

Naby Dakhli

Actor

Marc Soler

Actor

Guillermo Toledo

Actor

Lloll Bertran

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Movie Info

Synopsis In a near future, in water-starved Barcelona, forty-year-old Nora emerges from a battle with breast cancer with a fierce, almost desperate need to feel alive. She plunges into two intense relationships with Tom and Max, setting her on a raw journey through her deepest desires and unspoken fears.
Director
Aina Clotet
Producer
Edmon Roch, Marta Baldó
Screenwriter
Aina Clotet, Valentina Viso
Production Co
Ikiru Films, Funicular Films
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Catalan