Based on three Alice Munro stories, JULIETA should have starred Meryl Streep but Almodóvar felt more comfortable working in Spanish.
Julieta has not heard from her daughter Antia for 12 years but her pain returns when she meets Antia's best teenage friend who tells her she recently saw her in Switzerland.
Julieta moves back to her old apartment building, the last address Antia had for her, and remembers her life.
Julieta met Xoan, a Galician fisherman. on a train journey in the 1980s while working as a supply teacher. They made love, and months later, with her contract over - and pregnant - Julieta learned Xoan was now a widower so moved to Galicia to be with him and give birth to Antia.|
But Julieta learns tragedy can break families in different ways...
Shelf or charity shop? JULIETA is a keeper for Almodóvar's mastery of multi-thread storytelling. Tellingly, especially after the camp of I'M SO EXCITED, JULIETA is played without any comedy undertone. Their are fine performances from Emma Suárez and Adriana Ugarte as the older and younger Julietta - Almodóvar gives them a marvellous transition moment halfway through - and a delightful supporting turn from Pedro regular Rossy de Palma as Marian, Xoan's stoic housekeeper.
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