Julieta (film)
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| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
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| Written by | Pedro Almodóvar |
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Runaway by Alice Munro |
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| Music by | Alberto Iglesias |
| Cinematography | Jean-Claude Larrieu |
| Edited by | José Salcedo |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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96 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | $21.4 million |
Julieta is a 2016 Spanish film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar based on three short stories from the book Runaway by Alice Munro. The film marks Almodóvar's 20th feature and stars Emma Suárez and Adriana Ugarte as older and younger versions of the film's protagonist, Julieta, alongside Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta, Darío Grandinetti, Michelle Jenner and Rossy de Palma.
The film opened on 8 April 2016 in Spain to generally positive reviews. It made its international debut at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or, and was released across the world throughout the remainder of 2016. Julieta has grossed over $21 million worldwide.
It was selected by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but did not make the shortlist. It was also nominated for 4 European Film Awards and 7 Goya Awards.
Julieta lives in Madrid and is about to move to Portugal with her boyfriend Lorenzo. In a chance encounter on the street with her daughter Antía's childhood friend Beatriz, she learns that Antía, from whom she has long been estranged, is living in Switzerland and has three children. Overcome by her desire to reestablish contact with Antía, she abandons plans to leave Spain and instead leases an apartment in the building elsewhere in Madrid where she raised Antía, knowing that address is Antía's only means of contacting her.
Anticipating word from Antía, and aware that she owes her daughter an explanation of the events that led to their separation, Julieta fills a journal with an account of her life as mother, spouse, and daughter. As she begins with the story of meeting Xoan, a fisherman, her partner and Antía's father, the film becomes a lengthy flashback sequence, which only occasionally reminds us that the story is one that Julieta is recounting.
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