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Title: Julieta (2016)
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| 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) | |
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Blanca Parés | ... | Antía (18 años) |
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Ariadna Martín | ||
| Rossy de Palma | ... | Marian | |
| Sara Jiménez | ... | Beatriz (Adolescente) | |
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 ... Written by Chockys
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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.