Victoria (2015)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2015
	Director: Sebastian Schipper
	Actors: Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, max Mauff
	Country: D
	Genre: Comedy, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 08.07.2015, Schauburg, Original German version
Synopsis: Victoria (Costa) is a young adult from Spain lost in Berlin. She has no friend and dances all night in a club. She's asked by four friendly men, Sonne (Lau), Boxer (Rogowski), Blinker (Yigit)  and Fuss (Mauff) to join them as they hit the town. They start with a wild night of partying. As Fuss is drunk dead, Victoria gets involved into a bank robbery.
Review: I wanted to watch this movie as the trailer seen during a previous movie looked to be very modern in the sense of Baudelaire of showing the essence of the current times.  By watching the movie I have not been disappointed. The modernity was there: happy-go-lucky anonymous party, loneliness of migrants in big cities, urban nature, multicultural society, poverty. And this accompanied by classical themes of love and debts to a gangster.  On the content modernity comes the form modernity of hand-held shooting (with Canon EOS C300) and single take, also the natural acting of most of the actors. The actors are the focus of the movie and Frederick Lau is really great of authenticity and modernity, Laia Costa is cute and plays her role scene by scene as it should be, while FBlinker and Boxer add an authentic environment to the main couple.  From that point of view, the movie would be brilliant, but a few points make the movie loose some credibility, such as the character of Victoria, after three months she does not know anybody, but she looks very free and easy going. This does not match. Then the boys are partying furiously and actually they plan to help a gangster on the same night. It is also not very credible. But these weaknesses bring also more material to the story and make it therefore more dynamic.
Rating: 8 /10