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DVD Release Date: 8/18/2009
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Julia, 40, is an alcoholic. She is a manipulative, unreliable, compulsive liar, all strung out beneath her still flamboyant exterior. Between shots of vodka and one-night stands, Julia gets by on nickel-and-dime jobs. Increasingly lonely, the only consideration she receives comes from her friend Mitch, who tries to help her. But she shrugs him off, as her alcohol-induced confusion daily reinforces her sense that life has dealt her a losing hand and that she is not to blame for the mess she has made of it.
Glimpsing imminent perdition, and after a chance encounter with Elena, a Mexican woman, Julia convinces herself – as much in panic and despair as for financial gain – to commit a violent act.
As the story unfolds, Julia's journey becomes a headlong flight on a collision course, but somehow she makes the choice of life over death.
 
Directed by ERICK ZONCA
Produced by LES PRODUCTIONS BAGHEERA
LE BUREAU
Producers FRANÇOIS MARQUIS
BERTRAND FAIVRE
Co-producers FRANCE 3 CINEMA
STUDIO CANAL
ALLEN BAIN and JESSE SCOLARO
(THE 7TH FLOOR PRODUCTION)
JAIBOL FILMS
HUBERT TOINT and JEAN-JACQUES
NEIRA (SAGA FILM)
Screenplay AUDE PY & ERICK ZONCA
Collaborating director CAMILLE NATTA
Cinematography YORICK LE SAUX
Casting HEIDI LEVITT
MANUEL TEIL
Editing PHILIPPE KOTLARSKI
Julia
TILDA SWINTON
Mitch
SAUL RUBINEK
Elena
KATE DEL CASTILLO
Tom
AIDAN GOULD
Nick
JUDE CICCOLELLA
Diego
BRUNO BICHIR
Santos
HORACIO GARCÍA ROJAS
Miguel
GASTÒN PETERSON
José
MAURICIO MORENO
Johnny
KEVIN KILNER
Phillip
JOHN BELLUCCI
George
EZRA BUZZINGTON
Frank
ROGER CUDNEY
Leon
EUGENE BYRD
Marcus
SANDRO KOPP
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“I WAS GRATEFUL TO WATCH AN ACTRESS AT THE HEIGHT OF HER EXPRESSIVE POWER CLAW TOWARD GREATNESS. She’s one of the few performers who justify that overworked critical superlative, riveting.” – Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“ELECTRIC! ‘JULIA’ DEMANDS TO BE RECKONED WITH. A messy, nervy, frequently exhilarating thriller.” – Scott Foundas, Village Voice/LA Weekly
“YOU’RE RIVETED. SWINTON PULLS YOU IN AND KEEPS YOU WONDERING WHAT MOVE SHE’LL MAKE NEXT. Director Zonca takes ‘Julia’ to places you’d never expect.” – Christy Lemire, AP
“ONE OF THE YEAR’S JUICIEST FILMS – A TWO HOUR KNOCKOUT PUNCH!” Marshall Fine, Hollywood and Fine
“JULIA OFFERS SOMETHING LIKE THE ELEMENTAL PLEASURE OF DRUNKENESS ITSELF. How timid any objections seem next to the spectacle of Swinton throwing herself recklessly into a character. Erick Zonca comes roaring back with this gripping thriller.” – Stuart Klawans, The Nation
“SWINTON IS AMAZING!” – Diane Vadino, Nylon
"Tilda Swinton makes any film worth seeing -- but you’ve never seen her in a role quite like this. 'Julia' takes you a wild ride you won’t soon forget.” – Leonard Maltin, Reelz Channel
“Erick Zonca, who made one of the most auspicious debuts in recent memory with ‘The Dreamlife of Angels’, is back with this gripping thriller powered by a superlative Tilda Swinton.” – Jon Frosch, Box Office
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