by woody allen
Scarlett Johansson, Allen's leading lady of choice since
Match Point, plays Cristina, a failed filmmaker who
travels to Spain with her friend Vicky (Rebecca Hall) to have fun
and find romance.
Vicky, a pragmatist who has a fiancée named Doug (Chris Messina)
waiting for her back in the States, is predictably unimpressed when
a painter named Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem) approaches them and
solicits both for a fling. But after Cristina suffers from food
poisoning, leaving her bedridden, Vicky succumbs to Juan Antonio's
charms, prompting her to question whether her life of comfort and
safety is truly the one for her.
Meanwhile, upon recovering Cristina also becomes involved with
Juan Antonio, but the return of his fiery ex-wife Maria Elena
(Penelope Cruz) into his life (not to mention his home) challenges
even her liberal notions of what constitutes a stable, healthy
relationship.
