Vicky Cristina Barcelona

"Maria Elena used to say that only unfulfilled love can be romantic."

"We are meant for each other and not meant for each other. It's a contradiction."

"Life is short. Life is dull. Life is full of pain. And this is a chance for something special."

"I'll go to your room, but you'll have to seduce me."

"If you don't start undressing me soon this is going to turn into a panel discussion."

"I just have to come face to face with the fact that I’m not gifted. I can appreciate art and I like music, but it’s sad, really because I feel like I have a lot to express, and I’m not gifted."

"Vicky and Cristina decided to spend the summer in Barcelona. Vicky was completing her master's in Catalan Identity, which she had become interested in through her great affection for the architecture of Gaudí. Cristina, who spent the last six months writing, directing, and acting in a 12-minute film which she then hated, had just broken up with yet another boyfriend and longed for a change of scenery. Everything fell into place when a distant relative of Vicky's family who lived in Barcelona offered to put both girls up for July and August. The two best friends had been close since college and shared the same tastes and opinions on most matters, yet when it came to the subject of love, it would be hard to find two more dissimilar viewpoints. Vicky had no tolerance for pain and no lust for combat. She was grounded and realistic. Her requirements in a man were seriousness and stability. She had become engaged to Doug because he was decent and successful and understood the beauty of commitment...Cristina, on the other hand, expected something very different out of love. She had reluctantly accepted suffering as an inevitable component of deep passion, and was resigned to putting her feelings at risk. If you asked her what it was she was gambling her emotions on to win, she would not have been able to say. She knew what she didn't want, however, and that was exactly what Vicky valued above all else."

"Vicky returned home to have her grand wedding to Doug. To the house they finally planned to settle in. And to lead the life she envisioned for herself, before that summer in Barcelona. Cristina continued searching... certain only, of what she didn't want."

"Rebecca Hall - Vicky"

"Scarlett Johansson - Cristina"

"Javier Bardem - Juan Antonio Gonzalo"

"Penélope Cruz - María Elena"

"Chris Messina - Doug"

"Patricia Clarkson - Judy Nash"

"Kevin Dunn - Mark Nash"