Movies / Julia (2008)

7/10

Runtime: 144 min

Genres: Crime Drama Thriller

Languages: English Spanish

Countries: Belgium France Mexico USA


A swaggering floozy with a monumental drinking problem, 40-ish Julia Harris (Swinton) staggers from one booze-fueled hookup to the next. When she's fired from her job, her ex-boyfriend Mitch (Saul Rubinek) pleads with her to slow down and attend AA meetings. When a ditzy fellow attendee, Elena (Kate del Castillo), begs Julia to help kidnap her son Tom (Aidan Gould), whom Elena is not allowed to see, it's a measure of Julia's sheer desperation that she goes along with the plan -- or what passes for a plan. Julia ends up with Elena's boy stuffed in her trunk, engineering inept ransom negotiations with the boy's never-seen industrialist grandfather and eluding some Mexican lowlifes when she literally crashes her car across the border to Tijuana.


Directors (1) Credit
Erick Zonca ...
Writers (4) Credit
Aude Py written by
Erick Zonca written by
Michael Collins adaptation
Roger Bohbot adaptation
Editors (1) Credit
Philippe Kotlarski ...
Cinematographers (1) Credit
Yorick Le Saux (director of photography)
Actors (36) Credit
Aidan Gould Tom
Atzinga Carmen
Bruno Bichir Diego
Camille Natta Karen (uncredited)
Carl Dillard Henry AA (as Carl Dudley Dillard)
Dave Gist Fat Train Station Guy (uncredited)
Eugene Byrd Leon
Ezra Buzzington George
Gaston Peterson Miguel (as Gastón Peterson)
Hiep Thi Le Kitty
Horacio Garcia Rojas Santos
Ian Ray Undercover Agent #1 (uncredited)
Jake Koenig Bartender (uncredited)
Jim Leske Motel Clerk
John Bellucci Phillip
Jude Ciccolella Nick
Kate del Castillo Elena
Ken Davitian Taxi Driver
Kevin Kilner Johnny
Mariana Elías Raphaella
Marshal Silverman Commuter (uncredited)
Mauricio Moreno José
M.J. Karmi AA Woman (as MJ Karmi)
Muriel Ricard Journalist
Nadiedka Carena
Neko Parham Ejay (uncredited)
Priscilla Leona Horne Woman In Station (uncredited)
Robert Amico Detective (uncredited)
Roger Cudney Frank
Sally Berman Woman by Car (uncredited)
Sandro Kopp Marcus
Saul Rubinek Mitch
Tania Verafield Cleaning Lady
Tilda Swinton Julia
Tom Poole Detective (uncredited)
Ursula Tania Cooker (uncredited)