Viktoria

Name: Viktoria
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: April 29, 2016
Duration: 155 min
Rating: 55

2016

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Big World Pictures | Release Date: April 29, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Viktoria follows three generations of women in the final years of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria and the early years of the transition to democracy. The film focuses on reluctant mother Boryana and her daughter, Viktoria, who in one of the film’s surreal, magical touches is born without an umbilical cord. Though unwanted by her mother,Viktoria follows three generations of women in the final years of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria and the early years of the transition to democracy. The film focuses on reluctant mother Boryana and her daughter, Viktoria, who in one of the film’s surreal, magical touches is born without an umbilical cord. Though unwanted by her mother, Viktoria is named the country’s Baby of the Decade, and is showered with gifts and attention until the disintegration of the East Bloc. Despite throwing their worlds off balance, the resulting political changes also allow for the possibility of reconciliation.… Expand

Director: Maya Vitkova

Genre(s): Drama, Family

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 155 min

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The Film Stage Michael Snydel

Apr 27, 2016

Viktoria occasionally bites off more than it can handle, but even as it threatens to become unwieldy, it always feels essential. Read full review

Peter Keough

Aug 18, 2016

Vitkova brings a distinct gender sensibility to her story, especially with her recurring imagery of milk and blood. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Apr 27, 2016

Bulgarian filmmaker Maya Vitkova's feature debut, Viktoria, is an impressive display of stylistic control and directorial vision, even if it doesn't always hold together. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jun 9, 2016

While the intended dramatic payoff proves a letdown, it doesn’t undo the allegorical power of the movie’s searing depiction of groupthink and its fallout. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Apr 28, 2016

As more and more perfect shots drift by, the reality of the characters and their relationships dissipates, and we’re left with just picturesque moods. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Apr 28, 2016

The film is ultimately stultifying because the disconnection between the various characters is so immediately accepted as such a foregone conclusion that nothing ever seems to be at stake, and the heavily horizontal imagery, though accomplished and evocative, if fussy, only evokes two states of mind: loneliness and disconnection. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Jun 10, 2016

Vitkova’s direction is big on long lingering shots of dreariness. With a 2-1/2-hour running time, that’s a lot of dreariness. Read full review

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