Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. The plot centres around two American women, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), who spend a summer in Barcelona, where they meet an artist, Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem), who is attracted to both of them while still enamored with his mentally and emotionally unstable ex-wife Mar?a Elena (Pen?lope Cruz).
The film was shot in Spain in Barcelona, Avil?s and Oviedo, and was Allen's fourth consecutive film shot outside of the United States.
The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, then received a rolling worldwide general release that started on August 15, 2008, in the US, and continued in various countries until its June 2009 release in Japan.
The film was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, including nominations for Bardem, Hall and Cruz in the Actor, Actress and Supporting Actress categories, and won the award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Cruz won both the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Actress in a Supporting Role. Altogether, the film won 25 out of 56 nominations.