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 | letter | pyrenees | 

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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

Pedro Almodóvar's 20th feature film.

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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 Cesare deve morire (2012)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Wonderful

I found Julieta to be interesting at the very least. The story has a smooth flow and My whole attention was within the movie. I was trying to grasp everything the characters said while enjoying the visuals and the score.

Technically, this is probably Almadovar's best work. The scenery and camera work is beautiful. The colors please the eye. The score in the background is always in the right tone. Aiding to the smooth transitions within the movie. The cast is excellent. I understood clearly who each character is.

The main theme of Julieta is the relationship between a mother and her child. And that some things we understand as we grow older, with our life experience. This is a recurring theme in Almadovar's movies ('High Heels', 'Volver') but it is set upon a different set of characters with different virtues and faults. And of course a different story.

The plot is imperfect but it is very interesting nonetheless. I didn't fall in love with the characters of Julieta like it was in 'All about my mother' - and this is the main reason I didn't rate it higher - but I still felt their human side. And on the upside, there were no annoying or boring characters either.

People write about a new Almadovar. Well, for me it was a bit of misleading. I saw the director's signature elements through the whole movie. I'm talking about the camera shots, the low amount of people on set, the gradual revelation of events so when the credits roll the viewer knows all that happened explaining all the references made. It is less extravagant then some of his other work, but it is definitely not his first in being such.