Julia (2008)

Director:

Erick Zonca

Writers:

Roger Bohbot (adaptation)
Erick Zonca (written by)
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Release Date:

12 March 2008 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A woman tries to extort money, using a young boy as bait.

Plot Keywords:

Boy | Money | Neighbor | Meeting | Aa Meeting

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Tilda Swinton	...	Julia
Saul Rubinek	...	Mitch
Kate del Castillo	...	Elena
Aidan Gould	...	Tom
Jude Ciccolella	...	Nick
Bruno Bichir	...	Diego
Horacio Garcia Rojas	...	Santos
Mauricio Moreno	...	José
Gaston Peterson	...	Miguel (as Gastón Peterson)
Kevin Kilner	...	Johnny
John Bellucci	...	Phillip
Ezra Buzzington	...	George
Roger Cudney	...	Frank
Eugene Byrd	...	Leon
Sandro Kopp	...	Marcus
M.J. Karmi	...	AA Woman (as MJ Karmi)
Carl Dillard	...	Henry AA (as Carl Dudley Dillard)
Ken Davitian	...	Taxi Driver
Hiep Thi Le	...	Kitty
Jim Leske	...	Motel Clerk
Muriel Ricard	...	Journalist
Tania Verafield	...	Cleaning Lady
Atzinga	...	Carmen
Nadiedka	...	Carena
Mariana Elías	...	Raphaella
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Amico	...	Detective (uncredited)
Sally Berman	...	Woman by Car (uncredited)
Dave Gist	...	Fat Train Station Guy (uncredited)
Priscilla Leona Horne	...	Woman In Station (uncredited)
Jake Koenig	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Camille Natta	...	Karen (uncredited)
Neko Parham	...	Ejay (uncredited)
Tom Poole	...	Detective (uncredited)
Ian Ray	...	Undercover Agent #1 (uncredited)
Marshal Silverman	...	Commuter (uncredited)
Ursula Tania	...	Cooker (uncredited)

Directed by
Erick Zonca

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Roger Bohbot		adaptation
Michael Collins		adaptation
Aude Py		written by
Erick Zonca		written by

Produced by
Allen Bain	....	co-producer: 7th Floor
Jeremy Burdek	....	executive producer
Bertrand Faivre	....	producer
Cathy Gesualdo	....	line producer: Los Angeles
Nadia Khamlichi	....	executive producer
Jacqueline Louis	....	line producer: Saga Film
François Marquis	....	producer
Jean-Jacques Neira	....	co-producer: Saga Film
Adrian Politowski	....	executive producer
Jesse Scolaro	....	co-producer: 7th Floor
Sandra Solares	....	co-producer: Jaibol Films
Hubert Toint	....	co-producer: Saga Film

Cinematography by
Yorick Le Saux		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Philippe Kotlarski

Casting by
Heidi Levitt
Manuel Teil

Production Design by
François-Renaud Labarthe

Art Direction by
Carlos Y. Jaques		(as Carlos Jacques)

Set Decoration by
Luis Figueroa

Costume Design by
April Napier

Makeup Department
Tamami Ito	....	key hair stylist
Sandra Miguell	....	key makeup artist (as Sandra Miguelli)
Mariana Miranda	....	makeup assistant
Roz Music	....	makeup artist: Los Angeles
Pamela Neal	....	hair stylist: Miss Swinton

Production Management
Nicolas Bassetto	....	assistant production manager
Horacio Rodríguez	....	unit manager
Juan Uruchurtu	....	production manager
Linda Warrilow	....	production supervisor: Los Angeles

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stephanie Beauchef	....	second second assistant director
Álvaro Curiel	....	first assistant director
Juliana Fanjul	....	second assistant director
Jeff Fuller	....	first assistant director: Los Angeles (as Jeff 'Bones' Fuller)
Wendy Geary	....	second second assistant director: Los Angeles
Shelly Heyward	....	second assistant director: Los Angeles
Camille Natta	....	collaborating director
Jorge Eduardo Ramírez	....	first assistant director: additional shoot Tijuana (uncredited)

Art Department
Michael Keith Aleshire-Rezendez	....	set dresser: Los Angeles (as Keith Aleshire)
Daniel Alvarado	....	carpenter (as Daniel Alvárado)
Victor Bernal	....	carpenter
Martín Bolaños	....	property master assistant (as Martin Bolanos)
Jorge Borja	....	set decoration assistant
Tom Bry	....	on-set dresser: Los Angeles
Octavio Caballero	....	swing
Mario Camacho	....	painter
Arnulfo Castillo	....	carpenter
Ricardo Chavez	....	head carpenter (as Ricardo Chávez)
Gilberto Cortes	....	property master (as Gilberto Cortés)
Javier Cortes	....	buyer (as Javier Cortés)
Gabriel Cortés	....	construction coordinator
Samuel Daza	....	construction coordinator
Roger Dertinger	....	property master: Los Angeles
Oswaldo Diaz	....	blacksmith
Luis Escobar	....	carpenter (as Luís Escobar)
Marco A. Esquivel	....	carpenter
Adalberto Flores	....	swing
Bernado Flores	....	swing
Aarón García	....	painter
Adán García	....	lead painter (as Adan Garcia)
Héctor Velazco Guzmán	....	painter (as Héctor Velasco)
Ricardo Holguin	....	swing
Dorit Hurst	....	set decorator: Los Angeles (as Dorit Oberman)
Sandra Jalife	....	trainee
Ignacio Jiménez Trejo	....	carpenter (as Ignacio Jiménez)
Naolín Jiménez	....	assistant set dresser (as Naolin Jiménez)
Paul Kurdys	....	props assistant: Los Angeles
Carlos Lagunas	....	art coordinator
Jorge Lechuga	....	painter
Hector Lemus	....	swing
Guy Lionel	....	head painter (as Lionel Guy)
Heráclito Lopez	....	graphic designer
Eduardo Madrigal	....	swing
Raúl Mena	....	painter
Francisco Mercado Urbina	....	carpenter (as Francisco Mercado)
Brian Nabours	....	set dresser: Los Angeles
Dennis Ogle	....	lead man: Los Angeles
Abel Ortiz	....	blacksmith
Emiliano Paredes	....	painter
Gabriel Pérez	....	construction swing
Claudio Ramírez	....	set dresser assistant
Pedro Ramírez	....	carpenter
Daniela Rojas	....	set dresser
Gustavo Rosas	....	swing
Renato Salcedo	....	carpenter
Daniel Suarez	....	swing
José Juan Sánchez	....	painter
Daniel Tello	....	swing
Julieta Torres	....	painter
Alonso Velasco Guzman	....	painter (as Alonso Velasco)
Mauricio Waldo	....	on-set dresser
Erik Schindler	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Etienne Carton	....	sound mix recordist
Philippe Charbonnel	....	sound mix recordist
Damien Deville	....	optical sound transfer
Andrés Franco	....	sync sound editor (as Andres Franco)
Jean-Stephane Garbe	....	post-synchronization recordist
Thomas Gauder	....	sound mixer
Aline Gavroy	....	post-synchronization mixer
Gert Janssen	....	sound editor
Caroline Landsweerdt	....	sound edit assistant
Valérie Le Docte	....	dialogue editor
Jo Masset	....	post-synchronization engineer: Backstage
Pauline Materne	....	foley recordist
Pierre Mertens	....	sound
Michel Monier	....	sound consultant: Dolby (as Michel Monnier)
Grégory Noël	....	boom operator (as Gregory Noel)
Ingrid Simon	....	sound edit assistant
Philippe van Leer	....	foley artist
Thomas Vanthuyne	....	sound edit assistant

Special Effects by
Alejandro Vázquez	....	special effects coordinator (as Alejandro Vazquez)

Stunts
Arminius Arzate	....	stunt coordinator
Gary Baxley	....	stunt consultant: Los Angeles

Camera and Electrical Department
Ramón Acosta	....	electrician
Pascual Alvarado Bravo	....	grip
Manuel Alvarado	....	lighting technician: Los Angeles
Robert Baird	....	second assistant camera: Los Angeles
Otto Emilio Betancourt	....	key grip: Los Angeles (as Otto Betancourt)
Malcolm Bryce	....	gaffer: Los Angeles
Aaron Burden	....	dolly grip: Los Angeles (as AJ Burden)
Jeff Clark	....	best boy electric: Los Angeles
Alan Kelvin Contreras	....	second assistant camera (as Alan Kelvin)
Emmanuel de Fleury	....	first assistant camera
Carlos García Flores	....	electrician (as Carlos Garcia Flores)
Martin Garcia Medina	....	key electrician
Ulices Garcia Medina	....	key grip
Mark Goebel	....	grip: Los Angeles
Fernando Gutierrez	....	loader
Héctor 'Mac' Hernádez	....	grip
Pedro Hernández Gonzalez	....	dolly grip
Leonardo Julián	....	gaffer (as Leonardo Julian)
Hal Lewis	....	video assist operator: Los Angeles
Norma Martinez	....	video assist operator
Ty Mitchell	....	loader: Los Angeles
Richard Moriarty	....	first assistant camera: Los Angeles
Camille Natta	....	still photographer
José Peña Vilches	....	electrician (as Jose Peña Vilchis)
Karen Roseme	....	lighting technician: Los Angeles
Allen Wagoner	....	video assist operator: Los Angeles (as Allen Waggoner)
Keith Whitaeker	....	best boy: Los Angeles

Casting Department
Lauren Fernandes	....	casting associate: Los Angeles
Mara Gutierrez	....	extras casting: Tijuana (as Mara Guitérez)
Barbarella Pardo	....	casting: Tijuana (as Barbarela Pardo)
Jessica Valencia	....	assistant casting
Arturo Zárate	....	extras casting
Rich King	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Mac Marshall	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
María del Carmen Delvin	....	set costumer (as Carmen Delfín)
Azalia Joylee	....	assistant costume designer
Iván Juárez García	....	wardrobe coordinator
Glenn Gregory Krah	....	on-set costumer: Los Angeles (as Glenn Krah)
Guadalupe Narváez	....	wardrobe assistant
Ana Nuñez	....	assistant costume designer
Andrew Salazar	....	costume supervisor: Los Angeles

Editorial Department
Basile Belkhiri	....	assistant editor
Christophe Bousquet	....	color grader
Mike Joris	....	video colorist
Lyssia Le Gall	....	extra assistant editor
Hervé Vander Heyden	....	colorist (as Herve Vanderheyden)

Music Department
Elise Luguern	....	music clearances

Transportation Department
Eugenio Alanis	....	driver
Efraín Alfaro	....	driver (as Efrain Alfaro Ramirez)
Daniel Cruz	....	driver
Juan Espinoza	....	driver
D'Aldo Fazzone	....	transportation captain: Los Angeles
Adrian Flores	....	transportation captain (as Adrián 'Chachita' Flores)
Ignacio Flores	....	driver
Ulises Flores	....	driver
Felipe Garcia Naranjo	....	picture car coordinator: Tijuana (as Felipe García Naranjo)
Jaime Gonzalez	....	driver
Antonio Hernandez	....	driver
Francisco Hernandez	....	driver
Arturo Jimenez	....	driver
Eduardo Jurado	....	driver
Billy Kane	....	transportation coordinator: Los Angeles (as Bill Kane)
Jorge Martinez	....	driver
José Montes de Oca	....	driver (as Jose Montes de Oca)
César Moreno	....	driver (as Cesar Moreno)
Daniel Navarro	....	driver
Jaime Olalde	....	driver
Carlos Ponce de León	....	picture car coordinator
Juan Antonio Rangel	....	driver
Ricardo Renteria	....	driver
Luis Rodrigo Rodriguez	....	driver
Carlos Romero	....	picture car coordinator
Jorge Ruben Sanchez	....	driver
Gustavo Sepúlveda	....	driver (as Gistavo Sepulveda)
Miguel Velázquez	....	driver (as Miguel Velazquez)
George A. Miki	....	transportation captain (uncredited)
Eddie Santana	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Billy Acquaviva Jr.	....	assistant production coordinator: Los Angeles
George Adams	....	additional office production assistant: Los Angeles
Ana Ballesteros	....	catering supervisor
Jose Manuel Ballesteros	....	craft service supervisor
Nicolas Bassetto	....	production assistant: Saga Film
Lorri Bearbower	....	studio teacher: Los Angeles, On Location Education
Roxanne Berthelot	....	stand-in: Tilda Swinton
Gilles Bissot	....	title designer: Filmik
Eduardo Blanco	....	production assistant
Matthew Boeka	....	set production assistant: Los Angeles (as Matt Boeka)
Christele Boucher	....	assistant accountant (as Christel Boucher)
Roberto Brondo	....	anda delegate
Miguel Cadena	....	location assistant
Adam Callan	....	executive: 7th Floor, Los Angeles
Taylor Calley	....	set production assistant: Los Angeles
Nicolás Celis	....	production assistant (as Nicolas Celis)
Diana Cignoni	....	stand-in: Julia, Los Angeles
Nate Cohen	....	office production assistant: Los Angeles
Richard Davis	....	location manager: Los Angeles
Mélanie Delaballe	....	production assistant
Ivan Diaz-Robledo	....	location manager: Tijuana (as Iván Diaz Robledo)
Flor Esqueda	....	location assistant
Bonnie Evans	....	teacher
Brenda Fernández	....	production assistant (as Brenda Fernandez)
Heather Fielding	....	studio teacher: Los Angeles, On Location Education
Vincent Gadelle	....	business affairs
Patrice Galea	....	laboratory consultant
Andrea Gamboa	....	assistant production office coordinator
Ruben Garay	....	location assistant
Omar Garcia Guzman	....	location assistant (as Omar Garcia)
Boris Garza	....	location assistant
Carolyn Golden	....	key set production assistant: Los Angeles (as Pacarolyn Golden)
Sophie Goldman	....	production coordinator: Bagheera
Lili Gonzalez	....	production coordinator
Norka Guerrero	....	animal trainer
Miguel Gutierrez	....	assistant location manager: Los Angeles
Gabriela Herrera	....	script supervisor
Hector Ibarra	....	location coordinator
Joe Koller	....	helicopter pilot
Sandro Kopp	....	assistant: Miss Swinton
Christophe Lemer	....	laboratory consultant
Hugo Maldonado	....	cook: Los Angeles
Isabel Martinez	....	production accountant
Victor Martinez	....	craft service
Marcos Mora	....	craft service: Los Angeles
Tamra Natisin	....	set production assistant: Los Angeles
Claude Nemer	....	laboratory consultant
Valentina Novati	....	production coordinator: Bagheera
Mario Prian	....	security
Omar Pérez	....	location assistant
William F. Reed	....	office production assistant: Los Angeles
Evangelina Resendiz Montalvo	....	on-set medic (as Evangelina Reséndiz)
Philippe 'Carlos' Rodriguez	....	chef: Los Angeles
Rémi Roy	....	production chief accountant (as Remi Roy)
Sarah Rubenstein	....	accountant: Los Angeles
Luis Ruiz	....	location manager
Iwona Sellers	....	production executive
Juliette Sol	....	production assistant: Le Bureau
Jesus Solis	....	production accountant assistant
Michele Tedlis	....	script supervisor: Los Angeles
Abel Teran	....	security: Miss Swinton
Melissa Velasquez	....	extras assistant: Tijuana (as Melissa Velázquez)
Daniel Villarreal	....	additional office production assistant: Los Angeles
Gilles Waterkeyn	....	production executive
Brandon Woods	....	set medic: Los Angeles
Haydee Zarate	....	extras assistant (as Haydeé Zarate)
Jerome Zelle	....	craft service: Los Angeles
Tony Arnoux	....	press attache (uncredited)
Eric A. Knapp	....	office intern (uncredited)
Jorge Eduardo Ramírez	....	key production assistant (uncredited)
André-Paul Ricci	....	press attache (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Les Productions Bagheera (presents)
• Le Bureau (presents)
• France 3 Cinéma (in co-production with)
• uFilm
• StudioCanal (in co-production with)
• 7th Floor, The (in co-production with)
• Saga Film (I) (in co-production with)
• Jaibol Films (in co-production with)
• Canal+ (with the participation of)
• France 3 (with the participation of)
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne (with the support of)
• Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique (with the support of)

Distributors

• Atlantic Film (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Chelsea Films (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Magnolia Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• StudioCanal (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2009) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Mongrel Media (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Twin Pics (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Bravo Motion Picture Security  security: Los Angeles
• Cast & Crew Catering  catering: Los Angeles (as Cast and Crew Catering)
• Cineservice Inc.  editing sound studio
• Cofiloisirs  financial services
• Hugot & Associés  legal services
• Neuflize  financial services
• On Location Education  studio teachers: Los Angeles
• Rich King Casting  extras casting: Los Angeles
• Rubini & Associés  production insurance
• Studio l'Équipe  sound equipment
• uFund  funding

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, some violent content and brief nudity

Runtime:

144 min

Country:

France | USA | Mexico | Belgium

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:16 | USA:R | Portugal:M/16 | France:U (with warning) | Australia:M | New Zealand:M | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Four Aces - 14499 E. Avenue Q, Palmdale, California, USA

Company:

Les Productions Bagheera

Trivia:

On the cover of the DVD, Tilda Swinton is incorrectly referred to as Tilda Swanton.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The motel scenes in which Julia holds Tom captive that are supposed to be set in California have non-American electrical outlets, revealing the scenes' Mexican location.

Quotes:

Julia:And it's time *my* luck changed. And it's time something went right for *me*!

Movie Connections:

References Gloria (1980)

Soundtrack:

Tres Avisos

A Blazing Tour de Force for Tilda Swinton

JULIA is one of those films that goes beyond being a story and production worth the viewers' attention: this is one of those experiences in observing the art of acting at its peak. Tilda Swinton who continues to explore roles that challenge her and her audience, roles that few other actresses would considering making let alone making, and in JULIA she covers a range of emotions and mutations of a character that simply leave the audience in complete awe of her talent. She is extraordinary!

Julia is a bright but flawed person. She is an alcoholic who spends her nights drinking herself into oblivion only to wake up the next morning not recognizing her bed partner or the surroundings of her comatosed night of stupor. Swinton makes us understand this character's 'way with men' in her grossly revealing clothes and her flirtations backed by a mouth of filth. Julia loses her job over her drunken tardiness and has ruined a 'relationship' with ex-alcoholic Mitch (Saul Rubinek) and finally goes to an AA meeting where she meets Elena (Kate Del Castillo), a pathetic recovering alcoholic whose only goal in life is to retrieve her son Tom (Aidan Gould) from his wealthy disapproving grandfather. Julia is so desperate for money that she buys into a bizarre 'kidnapping' of Tom for Elena, a decision that triggers all of the rest of the film's journey through crime and sleaze as Julia fails at every effort to 'play the game' of criminal to make a fortune. Traveling from Los Angeles through the desert to Mexico, along the way Julia encounters 'co-facilitators' in her new life of crime - portrayed by such fine actors as Bruno Bichir (Demian Bichir's brother), a new and fine young actor Horacio Garcia Rojas, and Eugene Byrd to name only a few of the standout performances. Though a bit overlong at 2 1/2 hours, the script by Michael Collins and Camille Natta is spot on perfect and the direction by Erick Zonca makes the long film always richly colored and fascinating in attention to detail.

But the real reason to watch this film in the astonishing, multifaceted performance by Tilda Swinton, surely one of the finest actresses before us today. Her Julia creates a new level of acting standard- even for Swinton!

Grady Harp