Kika

A memorable, surreal and bizarre comedy in the best Almódovar style!

6.4

|1993|117 min

When American author Nicholas brings in a cosmetologist named Kika to prepare the corpse of his recently deceased son, she inadvertently revives the young man, then falls in love with him. Forces conspire against the couple, though, as Nicholas wants Kika for himself.

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