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Release Date: 2004

Cast: Rosemary Harris, Juliet Stevenson, Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Sheila McCarthy, Lucy Punch, Tom Sturridge, Annette Bening, Shaun Evans, Maury Chaykin, Bruce Greenwood, Leigh Lawson ...MORE

Cast: Rosemary Harris, Juliet Stevenson, Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Sheila McCarthy, Lucy Punch, Tom Sturridge, Annette Bening, Shaun Evans, Maury Chaykin, Bruce Greenwood, Leigh Lawson, Miriam Margolyes ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Period Piece, Lgbt, Drama Film, Romantic Drama, Romantic Comedy, Romance Film, Film Adaptation, Comedy-Drama, Comedy

Being Julia is a 2004 drama film with comic undertones directed by István Szabó and starring Annette Bening and Jeremy Irons. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on the 1937 novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham. The original music score is composed by Mychael Danna. Set in London in 1938, the film focuses on highly successful and extremely popular theatre actress Julia Lambert, whose gradual disillusionment with her career as she approaches middle age has prompted her to ask her husband, stage director Michael Gosselyn, and his financial backer, Dolly de Vries, to close her current... MORE

Being Julia is a 2004 drama film with comic undertones directed by István Szabó and starring Annette Bening and Jeremy Irons. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on the 1937 novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham. The original music score is composed by Mychael Danna. Set in London in 1938, the film focuses on highly successful and extremely popular theatre actress Julia Lambert, whose gradual disillusionment with her career as she approaches middle age has prompted her to ask her husband, stage director Michael Gosselyn, and his financial backer, Dolly de Vries, to close her current production to allow her time to travel abroad. They convince her to remain with the play throughout the summer, and Michael introduces her to Tom Fennel, an enterprising American who confesses his deep appreciation of her work. Seeking the passion missing from her marriage, and anxious to fill the void left when her close friend Lord Charles suggested they part ways to avoid scandalous gossip, Julia embarks on a passionate affair with the young man and begins to support him so he may enjoy the glamorous lifestyle to which she has introduced him. Their relationship revives her, sparking a distinct LESS