Being Julia

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Movie
German title Being Julia
Original title Being Julia
Country of production Canada , USA , Hungary , Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 2004
length 104 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
JMK 0
Rod
Director István Szabó
script Ronald Harwood
production Robert Lantos
music Mychael Danna
camera Lajos Koltai
cut Susan Shipton
occupation

Being Julia is a Canadian-American-Hungarian-British feature film comedy from 2004 based on the novel Theater ( Theater ) by W. Somerset Maugham . Directed by István Szabó . Annette Bening was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as an actress trying to compensate for the failure of her marriage by falling into a relationship with a younger man . The novel was filmed in 1962 with Lilli Palmer in the lead role as Julia, You are magical .

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London's West End in the late 1930s . Julia Lambert is an aging, but still celebrated actress at her husband Michael's theater. The facade of an intact marriage is beginning to crumble, but the two stay together as a successful team. Julia feels drained, the piece has been running for too long, and she insists on a break.

At just the right time, the young American Tom Fennel, whom Michael introduced her, tries hard to get her. A violent affair ensues that inspires Julia's appearance on the theater stage. So that Julia could recover, Michael had already planned a stay in the country and invited young Tom to do so. The affair continues, but Tom starts looking for other beautiful young women as well. Finally Julia notices that Tom has started a love affair with the debutante Avice and is now trying to get her the second lead role in a new play through Julia.

Julia then takes revenge on the two by apparently embarking on their plan. First of all, she ensures that Avice receives the required role. Meanwhile, Avice has also started an affair with Julia's husband. Shortly before the premiere, he offers her a long-term contract, which she accepts.

At the premiere, Julia ensures that the inexperienced Avice makes a fool of herself in front of the audience. She steals the show from her by not appearing in a subtle dress as planned, but in an incredibly spectacular costume. She does not follow stage directions, interrupts the text from Avice, gives the wrong keyword and even takes over parts of her text. Philip, the director, is horrified and the play's writer is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Avice now has to improvise and looks very funny, while Julia confidently rescues the piece on her own and impresses the audience seriously.

But the involuntary comedy of the awkward Avice is also well received by the audience, and she earns both laughter and applause. Tom is disappointed, Avice rages because of her "failure" and Julia remains the acclaimed star. But the rival, Avice, also scored points with the audience and, since she made them laugh and reacted positively to her performance, she kept her contract. Nothing stands in the way of your stage career.

Reviews

  • Cinema described the film as “lightweight” and wrote that the “leading actress really deserved the Oscar nomination” .

Awards (selection)

backgrounds

The German reference title is Alle liebe Julia .

The film was shot from June 16, 2003 in Budapest , England , Jersey , Kecskemét and London . The budget was about $ 18 million.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Being Julia . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2005 (PDF; test number: 102 025 K).
  2. ^ Age rating for Being Julia . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Being Julia. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ^ Cinema