1993 · comedy · satire · media
Kika
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar1h 57m1993
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.
Our read: Kika (1993) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive comedy · satire · media entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured comedy / satire, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- brisk
- inventive
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