Julia and Julia (1987)
"Giulia e Giulia" (original title)

Julia, an American woman living in Italy, becomes depressed and traumatized after her husband Paolo is killed in a car accident on their wedding day. Six years later, Julia inexplicably ... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Del Monte

Writers:

Peter Del Monte (screenplay), Silvia Napolitano (screenplay),

Stars:

Kathleen Turner, Gabriel Byrne, Gabriele Ferzetti

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Kathleen Turner	...	Julia
Gabriel Byrne	...	Paolo Vinci
Gabriele Ferzetti	...	Paolo's Father
Angela Goodwin	...	Paolo's Mother
Sting	...	Daniel
Lidia Broccolino	...	Carla
Norman Mozzato	...	Luigi
Yorgo Voyagis	...	Goffredo
Mirella Falco	...	Woman
Alexander Van Wyk	...	Marco
Francesca Muzio	...	Sara
John Steiner	...	Alex
Bruno Cappelletti	...	Worker
Maurizio Tabani	...	Bartender
Renato Scarpa	...	Police Inspector

Storyline

Julia, an American woman living in Italy, becomes depressed and traumatized after her husband Paolo is killed in a car accident on their wedding day. Six years later, Julia inexplicably finds herself sliding in time between two different worlds where in one she is still struggling with her grief over Paolo's death, and in the other world she is married to Paolo who's alive and well with their five year old son, where Julia is having an affair with a British gentleman named Daniel, in which the frequent supernatural sliding between these two worlds threaten to drive Julia crazy when she begins having difficulty in telling them apart and learning which world she is currently living in.

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Plot Keywords:

affair | car accident | sex | obsessive lover | nudity | 

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Taglines:

A love trapped between two worlds

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Julia and Julia

Filming Locations:

Grado, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Box Office

Gross:

$901,364 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first movie shot with Sony's High Definition Video System (HDVS), an analog video format with 1225 lines of resolution. The video master was then printed to 35mm film to be projected in theaters.

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Connections

Referenced in Passion of Mind (2000)

User Reviews

Uninvolving.

Strange - and strangely uninvolving - psychological drama that plays like a dragged-out "Twilight Zone" episode. The most distracting thing about it is its "TV-ish" look; not everyone will mind it, but personally I just couldn't get over it. The second problem is that the script makes no sense, even in its own terms (just an example: what's up with the boy saying "You're not my mother"? Who IS his mother?). And the third is Gabriel Byrne's lifeless performance: he resembles a walking corpse (then again, that may be exactly what he's playing). The basic idea, Turner's committed performance and a few steamy sex scenes are what this film has to offer. (**)