Vicky Cristina Barcelona

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA by Woody Allen IRIS OUT TO: EXT. BARCELONA AIRPORT - DAY FS - The wall of the airport is a brightly colored mosaic. Camera pans and dollies off the wall, to reveal CRISTINA and VICKY, two young American women, who pull their bags away from the front of the airport. Vicky is a thoughtful brunette and Cristina is a beautiful free-spirited blonde. Cristina and Vicky walk to a TAXI DRIVER standing beside a taxi. CRISTINA Hi. They stop as the taxi driver prepares to put their bags in the trunk. INT. TAXI - DAY FS - Through the windshield as the taxi moves down a highway to the city. Camera tilts up on a road sign, which reads: “BARCELONA” NARRATOR (V.O.) Vicky and Cristina decided to spend the summer in Barcelona. MCS - Vicky sitting in the rear passenger seat, looks out the window at the passing countryside. NARRATOR (V.O.) (cont’d) Vicky was completing her master’s in Catalan identity, which she had become interested in through her great affection for the architecture of Gaudí. DISSOLVE TO: MCS - Cristina sits in the rear driver’s seat. 2. NARRATOR (V.O.) (cont’d) Cristina, who spent the last six months writing, directing and acting in a twelve-minute film, which she then hated, had just broken up with yet another boyfriend, and longed for a change of scenery. She looks down thoughtfully. NARRATOR (V.O.