Viva

A cult freak-out retro 70s spectacle about a bored housewife who gets sucked into the sexual revolution. 

Abandoned by her perfect Ken-doll husband, Barbi is dragged into trouble by her girlfriend, who spouts women's lib as she gets Barbi to discard her bra and go out on the town. Barbi learns a lot more than she wanted to about nudist camps, the hippie scene, orgies, bisexuality, drugs and bohemia.

Highly stylized and drawing upon classic exploitation cinema, Viva is saturated with colour and exquisitely depicts the wild 70s, down to the campy and self-assured performances, big lighting and overabundance of négligée. Naked people dancing, alcoholic swingers, stylish sex scenes, a sea of polyester, glitzy show numbers, white horses, blondes in the bathtub, gay hairdressers and psychedelic animation - Viva has it all!

Official Selection Melbourne International Film Festival 2007
Official Selection London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2008

Director Anna Biller
USA, 2006, 120 min