Julieta (2016)

After a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events about her stranded daughter.

Director:

Pedro Almodóvar

Writers:

Pedro Almodóvar, Alice Munro (basado en "Destino", "Pronto" y "Silencio" de)

Stars:

Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 13 wins & 57 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Emma Suárez	...	Julieta
Adriana Ugarte	...	Julieta Joven
Daniel Grao	...	Xoan
Inma Cuesta	...	Ava
Darío Grandinetti	...	Lorenzo (as Dario Grandinetti)
Michelle Jenner	...	Beatriz
Pilar Castro	...	Claudia (Madre de Beatriz)
Nathalie Poza	...	Juana
Susi Sánchez	...	Sara (Madre de Julieta)
Joaquín Notario	...	Samuel (Padre de Julieta)
Priscilla Delgado	...	Antía (Adolescente)
Blanca Parés	...	Antía (18 años)
Ariadna Martín
Rossy de Palma	...	Marian
Sara Jiménez	...	Beatriz (Adolescente)

Storyline

Julieta (Emma Suarez) is a middle-aged woman living in Madrid with her boyfriend Lorenzo. Both are going to move to Portugal when she casually runs into Bea, former best friend of her daughter Antia, who reveals that this one is living in Switzerland married and with three children. With the heart broken after 12 years of total absence of her daughter, Julieta cancels the journey to Portugal and she moves to her former building, in the hope that Antia someday communicates with her sending a letter. Alone with her thoughts, Julieta starts to write her memories to confront the pain of the events happened when she was a teenager (Adriana Ugarte) and met Xoan, a Galician fisherman. Falling in love with him, Julieta divides her time between the family, the job and the education of Antia until a fatal accident changes their lives. Slowly decaying in a depression, Julieta is helped by Antia and Bea, but one day Antia goes missing suddenly after a vacation with no clues about where to find ...

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | nudity | sex on a train | friendship between girls | letter | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official Site [Spain]

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

21 December 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Chuljeta

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€1,350,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

€610,590 (Spain), 8 April 2016, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$64,044, 23 December 2016, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,489,848, 28 April 2017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$21,472,253, 16 January 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Echo Lake Entertainment, Canal+ France, Ciné +

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

All the sculptures made by Ava are in reality made by Miquel Navarro, a well known artist from Spain.

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Goofs

When the train does an emergency brake and luggage and people are being tossed all over the place a coffee cup and coffee pot in front of the main character remains undisturbed.

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Connections

References Le Havre (2011)

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Soundtracks

Si no te vas
Written by Cuco Sánchez
Performed by Chavela Vargas

User Reviews

The Missing Daughter

In Madrid, the middle-aged Julieta (Emma Suárez) is packing her books to move to Portugal with her boyfriend Lorenzo (Dario Grandinetti). She goes shopping for the journey and stumbles upon Bea (Michelle Jenner), who was the best friend of her missing daughter Antia. They talk to each other and Bea discloses that Antia is married with three children. Julieta decides to stay in Madrid; breaks with Lorenzo; and rents an apartment in her former building, hoping that Antia contacts her. She decides to write the heartbreaking story of her life since she was a young woman and met her beloved future husband and Antia´s father Xoan (Daniel Grao) until the losses of Xoan and Antia.

"Julieta" is a dramatic romance by Pedro Almodóvar in a conventional style totally different from most of his previous works, since it is neither tacky nor aggressive to the Catholic Church; and using neither bright colors nor bizarre characters. Indeed it is a mature work disclosing the story of a middle-aged depressed woman that has her life affected for the loss of her beloved husband first and the last twelve years for the disappearance of her eighteen year-old daughter. The most important, the powerful drama never becomes a melodramatic soap-opera. The screenplay is very well-written with a perfect open end and magnificent cast. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Julieta"