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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #44 Julia

Published on January 30, 2008

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#44. Julia

Director: Erick Zonca
Writers: Zonca and co-writer Aude Py
Producers: Bertrand Faivre and François Marquis
Distributor: Currently Seeking Distribution

The Gist: The life
of Julia, a 40 year-old seductress, who finds it increasingly difficult to hide
her alcoholism and ends up out of her depth. At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
she encounters a young Mexican woman who can no longer see her son so Julia
accepts to kidnap the eight year-old boy….

Fact: This is inspired by John Cassavetes’ 1980 film, Gloria.

See It: It has been almost a decade since Zonca’s Le Petit Voleur was released and 08 is officially the ‘year of the Swinton’ – this is just one among her package of film performances worth checking out.

Release Date/Status?: The over 2 hour thriller is getting its preem over at the Berlin film festival. Expect a company like IFC to pick up the tab. A Berlin film festival premiere unveiling is coming soon.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).