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Being Julia (2004)  link to Being Julia on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 270

poster Being Julia

IMDb Rating:
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7.0/10 (11782 votes)

Country: Canada, 104 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Director(s): István Szabó

Storyline:
1938. Julia Lambert (Annette Bening) and Michael Gosselyn (Jeremy Irons) are the royal couple of the London theater scene, Julia, an actress, and Michael, a former actor, who took over running the theater and its troupe after the death of their mentor, Jimmy Langton (Sir Michael Gambon). Jimmy is still constantly with Julia in spirit as she navigates through life. Besides their work, Julia and Michael lead largely separate lives, they, long ago having stopped a sexual relationship. Julia of late has been feeling disenchanted with her life, she not wanting to admit it's because she is approaching middle age. Her disenchantments manifests itself in wanting Michael to close their current production early so that she can recharge her juices, something he is reluctant to do if only for not wanting to let the theater sit empty. What Julia ends up doing instead is embarking on an affair with Tom Fennel (Shaun Evans), an adoring young American who is young enough to be her son. As Julia and ...

Cast:

photo Michael Gambon Michael Gambon Jimmie Langton
photo Annette Bening Annette Bening Julia Lambert
photo Leigh Lawson Leigh Lawson Archie Dexter
photo Shaun Evans Shaun Evans Tom Fennel
photo Jeremy Irons Jeremy Irons Michael Gosselyn
photo Catherine Charlton Catherine Charlton Miss Philips
photo Juliet Stevenson Juliet Stevenson Evie
photo Miriam Margolyes Miriam Margolyes Dolly de Vries
photo Max Irons Max Irons Curtain Call Boy
photo Michael Culkin Michael Culkin Rupert

Medium: Original DVD,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1