Victoria (2015) - Technically Daring!

★★★☆☆

Technically speaking, this film really is a spectacular since it’s of more than two hours but in just one single long take. Unbelievably amazing hands down, if comparing it with ‘Birdman’ that’s seemingly shot in one take but actually seamlessly edited! And of course it takes accurate and appropriate acting to be able to finish the job. The German produced ‘Victoria’ could be one of your favorites in light of technical showoff and characterizations. The plot nevertheless, may seem absurd and boring to some. Boredom at certain point is inevitable, I guess, since the camera follows nothing but the characters right from the start till the end, and that makes me kind of dizzy and wanna turn away sometimes. But how absurd it seems depends on how much we’re convinced to believe Victoria’s changing during the incident.

To me it’s a story about a lost depressed soul being accidentally picked up and relieved but at last left alone and abandoned still! The girl’s behavior may seem a bit ridiculous but it’s somehow understandable considering what she said in the café, right in front of the piano after playing it. I guess one ought to have the courage to leave his bitter past so as to have a bright future. It’s not easy, because what you did wrong is gonna keep coming back to haunt you when you lack faith and confidence to move on sometimes. Is ‘Victoria’ a tragedy? Yes, it certainly seems so. But is she gonna be pathetic still? It all depends what you think she’s gonna do with the money in the end!