Julieta (2016)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Drama / Romance

Film Synopsis

Julieta, a woman in her mid-fifties, is on the point of saying farewell to Madrid forever when, quite by chance, she meets Bea, a childhood friend of her daughter Antia.  Bea's news that she has recently seen Antia comes as a pleasant surprise to Julieta, as she has lost all trace of her daughter since she parted from her over a decade ago.  For years she has been trying to get in touch with Antia, but in vain.  Now it seems she is close to finding her.  Without delay, Julieta sets about writing a letter to her daughter in which he lays bare all the secrets that have long preyed on her mind...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Pedro Almodóvar
  • Script: Pedro Almodóvar, Alice Munro
  • Photo: Jean-Claude Larrieu
  • Music: Alberto Iglesias
  • Cast: Adriana Ugarte (Julieta Arcos, joven), Rossy de Palma (Marian), Emma Suárez (Julieta Arcos), Michelle Jenner (Beatriz), Inma Cuesta (Ava), Daniel Grao (Xoan Feijóo), Darío Grandinetti (Lorenzo), Nathalie Poza (Juana), Agustín Almodóvar (Revisor del tren), Priscilla Delgado (Antía Feijoo, adolescente), Susi Sánchez (Sara, Madre de Julieta), Bimba Bosé (Amiga de Bea), Mariam Bachir (Sanáa), Blanca Parés (Antía Feijóo, 18)
  • Country: Spain
  • Language: Spanish
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 99 min

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