Julieta Review Transmission Films

Julieta Review Transmission Films When Julieta runs into the childhood friend of her long estranged daughter, Antía , the past crashes over her and changes everything.

Julieta Review Transmission Films Her partner, Lorenzo, makes their planned move from Madrid to Portugal alone and she moves back to the building in Madrid where she raised her daughter and begins to write down her story.
In prolonged flashback we learn how Antía was conceived, what happened to her father and why mother and daughter became estranged.

It is a story about loss (death has haunted Julieta) and our inability to protect those we love but also about what families are and what they mean for our sense of self. Julieta’s unravelling at the discovery that her daughter may have intentionally abandoned her sows the seeds for the breakdown that starts to overtake her back in the present and, but for the return of Lorenzo, we fear for what fate may have in store.

The resolution of the plot relies heavily on coincidence but if you can live with that there is much here to enjoy and admire despite the downbeat themes.

The performances (particularly from Emma Suárez and Adriana Ugarte as the older and younger Julieta) are wonderful and Almodovar uses his trademark flamboyance (aided by stunning cinematography) to create a world that feels both familiar and strange, simultaneously drawing in and unsettling the viewer.

It wont be to everyones taste but for fans of Almodóvar and, indeed, newcomers who enjoy an emotional reminder that their own lives are maybe not so bad; Julieta will be a couple of hours well spent.

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By Sandra Williams