Viva

2007, 120 minutes, 35mm
USA

Director: Anna Biller (THE LOVE WITCH)

The first feature from Anna Biller, the director of MdFF 2016 hit and cult favorite The Love Witch, will be presented from a 35mm print sourced from the director! Biller herself stars as Viva in this radical and gorgeously executed reimagination of, and riff off, the sexploitation films of the 1960s and ‘70s (from directors such as Jean Rollin and Radley Metzger).

 

“…there’s a welcome delight in the film’s unapologetic and total submersion into cheap thrills.”
– L.A. Weekly

 

“With its copious nudity and zipless hedonism, Viva… is a crafty reminder of a time when the X rating was flaunted, not feared.”– Los Angeles Times

 

“Viva, written and directed by its star, Anna Biller, could just about be the third featurette in Grindhouse.”– Entertainment Weekly