Review of Victoria (2015) by Richard S — 30 May 2018

Victoria is German film set during the early hours in real time. Victoria has recently moved to Berlin from Madrid, she has a dead end job and knows no one in the new city she finds herself in. She goes out clubbing, hoping to make friends and as she leaves on this particular night she strikes up a conversation with 4 young German men who convince her to spend a few hours with them. Although I can't imagine any young woman in an unfamiliar city would actually do this, Victoria is portrayed as somewhat naive. Any how, the group walk the city, mess around and drink beer until the group become anxious after a phone call orders them to complete a job. They are one man down and convince Victoria to help out. What Victoria doesn't realise is the job is a bank heist by order of scary German gangster types and so begins the second half of the film, a frantic race against time and fight for survival in a heist gone wrong.

This was a really well done story that amazingly was all shot in one complete take, very impressive film making.