Julia (2008)

Tilda Swinton stars in director Erick Zonca's drama about a 40-year-old alcoholic who, in a rare moment of sobriety, sees where her life is headed and makes one last-ditch attempt to steer herself away from the disastrous path that she has been locked on for as far back as she can remember. Julia may be manipulative, notoriously untrustworthy, and completely incapable of uttering any word that isn't an outright lie, but somehow -- perhaps due to sheer charisma -- this statuesque deceiver has always managed to get by. But Julia has been hardened by too many vodkas and too many one-night stands, and lately the lone...
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ly life of drifting from job to job in her 1979 Chrysler New Yorker has left her wanting something more. While her old boyfriend Mitch occasionally tries to break through Julia's haze, lately she has surrendered herself to the fact that she is simply one of life's losers. As her finances begin to run short and panic begins to set in, a desperate Julia turns to crime but is forced to go on the run with a young boy named Tom after her plan falls hopelessly apart.
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Julia (Tilda Swinton) leidt een eenzaam en onrustig bestaan. Ze besluit haar alcoholverslaving aan te pakken en bezoekt een bijeenkomst van de anonieme alcoholisten. Daar ontmoet ze een jonge Mexicaanse vrouw, die haar zoon niet meer mag zien. Julia besluit de jongen te ontvoeren om hen weer te herenigen. Maar als de Mexicaanse vrouw plots spoorloos verdwijnt, zit Julia diep in de problemen. Ze besluit de ontvoering voort te zetten en gaat op de vlucht, met de grootvader van de jongen op haar hielen.

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