Being Julia

    Genre
    Drama, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    104 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2004
  • |
    • Countries
    Canada, USA, Hungary, UK
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Istvan Szabo
WRITTEN BY:
W. Somerset Maugham (novella), Ronald Harwood
CAST INCLUDES:
Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Bruce Greenwood, Leigh Lawson, Miriam Margolyes, Juliet Stevenson, Maury Chaykin, Sheila McCarthy

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

In the role that brought her amazing critical acclaim, an Academy Award nomination, the Golden Globe Award and the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, Annette Bening plays a beautiful and beguiling actress who finds herself bored with her role as the toast of the town in BEING JULIA. Julia Lambert (Bening) is a true diva: beautiful, talented, wealthy and famous. She has it all -- including a devoted husband (Oscar winner Jeremy Irons) who has masterminded her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. Julia finds exactly what she's looking for in a handsome young American fan, but it isn't long before the novelty fling adds a few more sparks than she was hoping for. Fortunately for her, this surprise twist in the plot will thrust her back into the greatest role of her life -- BEING JULIA.

SYNOPSIS

Tale of amorous folly and revenge set in the world of the London stage in the late 1930s. Reigning diva Julia Lambert’s (Annette Bening’s) success and fame grow suddenly wearisome. She falls head over heels for a young American, Tom Fennel (Shaun Evans), and begins a passionate May to December affair. When she realizes that Tom is just a young social climber whose real passion is ambitious young starlet Avice Crichton (Lucy Punch), Julia begins to plot a delightful revenge.

Being Julia

    Genre
    Drama, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    104 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2004
  • |
    • Countries
    Canada, USA, Hungary, UK
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Istvan Szabo
WRITTEN BY
W. Somerset Maugham (novella), Ronald Harwood
CAST INCLUDES
Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Bruce Greenwood, Leigh Lawson, Miriam Margolyes, Juliet Stevenson, Maury Chaykin, Sheila McCarthy
In the role that brought her amazing critical acclaim, an Academy Award nomination, the Golden Globe Award and the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, Annette Bening plays a beautiful and beguiling actress who finds herself bored with her role as the toast of the town in BEING JULIA. Julia Lambert (Bening) is a true diva: beautiful, talented, wealthy and famous. She has it all -- including a devoted husband (Oscar winner Jeremy Irons) who has masterminded her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. Julia finds exactly what she's looking for in a handsome young American fan, but it isn't long before the novelty fling adds a few more sparks than she was hoping for. Fortunately for her, this surprise twist in the plot will thrust her back into the greatest role of her life -- BEING JULIA.

Tale of amorous folly and revenge set in the world of the London stage in the late 1930s. Reigning diva Julia Lambert’s (Annette Bening’s) success and fame grow suddenly wearisome. She falls head over heels for a young American, Tom Fennel (Shaun Evans), and begins a passionate May to December affair. When she realizes that Tom is just a young social climber whose real passion is ambitious young starlet Avice Crichton (Lucy Punch), Julia begins to plot a delightful revenge.

FILMS YOU MIGHT LIKE

Mike Nichols' heartwarming story of family and love, starring Harrison Ford & Annette Bening
Regarding Henry
  • 1991
Oscar winner Christoph Waltz makes his feature directorial debut with this "exhilarating dance," featuring Annette Bening and Vanessa Redgrave
Georgetown
  • 2021
Michael Mayer's screen adaptation of the play by Anton Chekhov is "an enticing, amusing and passionate showcase for its top-drawer cast" (LA Times)
The Seagull
  • 2018
Sally Field makes a triumphant return with her leading performance in Michael Showalter's charming comedy
Hello, My Name Is Doris
  • 2016
Roger Michell's "marital disintegration-reintegration drama that opens with a dose of frost and vinegar and turns... unbelievably marvelous."
Le Week-end
  • 2013
Henry Jaglom's "A giddy comic fantasy, full of romance, chicanery and beguiling, sophisticated players" (LA Times)
Festival in Cannes
  • 2001
In the role that won her Broadway’s acclaimed Tony Award, Pauline Collins is the hilariously endearing Shirley Valentine.
Shirley Valentine
  • 1990
Meryl Streep is a 1940s New York heiress who dreams of opera fame, despite her sub-par signing voice. Stephen Frears directs.
Florence Foster Jenkins
  • 2016