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 & 56 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

Richard Serra painting appears in the 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

Playing the Piano 2009
Written and Performed by Ryuichi Sakamoto

User Reviews

Great movie even if it's not Almodóvar's best one

I'm a big fan of Almodóvar's work, his movies follow my life since I was a teenager, I always adore his early work, movies like "Kika", "High heels" and "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" are still considered by me as the height of his career - a bizarre comedy- dramas with a kinky side and raw edges.

in the late 90's Almodóvar became famous worldwide with movies such as "live flesh" "all about your mother" and "talk to her" a melodramatic movies that touched us with a unique approach and vivid colors.

this movie is similar to his big successful movies from the late 90s: the women are in the center of the story where the men pushed aside, there is still a melodramatic approach and lots of mysteries that similar to an onion, piled up slowly, layer by layer until the very end of the movie. the colors are vivid like most of his movies, especially the red color, a sign of passion for Almodóvar, just like his Characters who drive themselves by their total passion to life and love.

so, is that movie good? if you want to compare it to his best and famous work - "all about your mother" and "talk to her" then this movie will lose the fight, it's less sophisticated and the plot has less twists, but still it's a good movie with a touching plot, good acting and a great director who hasn't lost his touch.