Julieta (2016)

Wow, this is a REALLY bad movie!

Waste of Money.

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

If you've seen any of Pedro Almodóvar's movies, then you should know that he often focuses on relationships, especially relationships among women. "All About My Mother", "Talk to Her" and "Volver" are among the starkest examples. Now he brings us "Julieta", focusing on a mother's guilt.The title character is a middle-aged woman planning to leave Madrid. Then she comes across her daughter's best friend, bringing back a series of unpleasant memories. Julieta suffered some of the worst tragedies earlier in her life but kept pushing forward, and this meeting prompts her to change her plans.As he tends to do in his movies, Almodóvar creates some of the most complex characters. Indeed, his female characters are the most complex of all (contrast that with Michael Bay's movies, where the women are just eye candy). But these damage caused by the previous events in Julieta's life will not go away so easily, and she does what she has to.Outstanding movie.

Fate and mother/daughter relationships Pedro Almodóvar crowns his 30 year career as one of our most creative, controversial and brilliant cinematic artists with this his twentieth film – JULIETA – based on three short stories by Alice Munro as adapted for the screen by Almodóvar. Not only is the story mesmerizing and at times challenging to keep up with the director's ideas, it displays a brilliant cast of Spanish actors in one of the most impressive films of the past year. One of the tricky directorial decisions is to employ two actresses to play the same character – one as the younger Julieta and one as the more mature Julieta. The manner in which Almodóvar transitions these two aspects of the personality of Julieta (as well as the stunning performances by the two actresses – Emma Suárez and Adriana Ugarte) is just one of the miracles of this film.Briefly, after a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events about her stranded daughter. But more specifically, Julieta (Emma Suárez) is a middle-aged woman living in Madrid with her boyfriend Lorenzo (Dario Grandinetti). They plan to move to Portugal when Julieta encounters Bea (Michelle Jenner), former best friend of her daughter Antia (Priscilla Delgado then Blanca Parés), who reveals that Antia is living in Switzerland and is 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 (Daniel Grao), 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: Xoan is drowned at sea during a brutal storm. 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 her, leaving Julieta desperate to understand the reasons of her missing and her search leads to self discovery and acceptance of buried secrets – her own relationship with her mother and the kinship between like mother who happen to be mother/daughter. The uniformly excellent cast includes the Almodóvar constant, Rossy de Palma, whose presence is a meaningful driver to the story. The musical score is by Alberto Iglesas and the lush cinematography is the work of Jean-Claude Larrieu. But the crown belongs to Pedro Almodóvar – another brilliant masterpiece.

Julieta is another great story telling film by Almodovar. There is always something in the story that you are curious to find out while watching. Each frame is colorful which I think is a signature of Almodovar and that is an eye pleasure. Actors are good. It is a very good drama.

In his late 60s, Almodovar has composed a moving saga about a woman's journey through life. At first sight, the heroine of his new film 'Julieta' is an attractive academic preparing for quiet retirement with her boyfriend, but it's soon revealed her daughter Antia has been missing for more than a decade. Julieta's plans change after a chance encounter with her daughter's former BFF, who tells of glimpsing Antia in Italy. Julieta reacts to this news by breaking up with her lover and moving back to her old apartment building in Madrid. Julieta starts writing a memoir, and the film follows this account. It begins with Julieta as a young teacher of classical literature and mythology, and describes her meeting with Antia's fisherman father. After her daughter is conceived, Julieta moves into the man's home on the coast. For several years she appears to be living a contented family life until this chapter comes to a sudden end, and Julieta returns to Madrid. As she focuses on rebuilding her career in the city, Julieta fails to notice some important changes in Antia prior to the girl's mysterious disappearance. The different passages of Julieta's life resemble Ulysses' diverse adventures in The Odyssey, as random currents toss her around like a cork in the ocean. When Julieta's memoir brings her back to present-day Madrid, order emerges from apparent chaos and understanding arrives. The resolution of her story turns out to be as satisfying and thought-provoking as a myth.