Overview
Genre
Drama, ThrillerRelease Date
May 08, 2009 (Limited)MPAA Rating
RDuration
138 min.Production Budget
$6 millionsStudio
Magnolia PicturesOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Erick ZoncaProducer
Francois Marquis, Bertrand FaivreScreenwriter
Erick ZoncaStarring
- Tilda Swinton as Julia
- Saul Rubinek
- Kate del Castillo
- Aidan Gould
- Ezra Buzzington
- Carl Dillard
- Sally Berman
Story
Julia, 40, is an alcoholic. She is a manipulative, unreliable, compulsive liar, all strung out beneath her still flamboyant exterior. Between shots of vodka and one-night stands, Julia gets by on nickel-and-dime jobs. Increasingly lonely, the only consideration she receives comes from her friend Mitch, who tries to help her. But she shrugs him off, as her alcohol-induced confusion daily reinforces her sense that life has dealt her a losing hand and that she is not to blame for the mess she has made of it.
Glimpsing imminent perdition, and after a chance encounter with Elena, a Mexican woman, Julia convinces herself - as much in panic and despair as for financial gain - to commit a violent act.
As the story unfolds, Julia's journey becomes a headlong flight on a collision course, but somehow she makes the choice of life over death.
