I'm talking about the camera shots, the low amount of people on set, the gradual revelation of events so when the credits roll the viewer knows all that happened explaining all the references made. I saw the director's signature elements through the whole movie. And on the upside, there were no annoying or boring characters either. I didn't fall in love with the characters of Julieta like it was in 'All about my mother' - and this is the main reason I didn't rate it higher - but I still felt their human side. The plot is imperfect but it is very interesting nonetheless. This is a recurring theme in Almadovar's movies ('High Heels', 'Volver') but it is set upon a different set of characters with different virtues and faults. And that some things we understand as we grow older, with our life experience. The main theme of Julieta is the relationship between a mother and her child. I understood clearly who each character is. Aiding to the smooth transitions within the movie. The score in the background is always in the right tone. The scenery and camera work is beautiful. Technically, this is probably Almadovar's best work. I was trying to grasp everything the characters said while enjoying the visuals and the score. The story has a smooth flow and My whole attention was within the movie.
I found Julieta to be interesting at the very least. Slowly decaying in a depression, Julieta is helped by Antia and Bea, but one day Antia goes missing suddenly after a vacation with no clues about where to find her, leaving Julieta desperate to understand the reasons of her missing. Falling in love with him, Julieta divides her time between the family, the job and the education of Antia until a fatal accident changes their lives. Alone with her thoughts, Julieta starts to write her memories to confront the pain of the events happened when she was a teenager (Adriana Ugarte) and met Xoan, a Galician fisherman. With the heart broken after 12 years of total absence of her daughter, Julieta cancels the journey to Portugal and she moves to her former building, in the hope that Antia someday communicates with her sending a letter. Both are going to move to Portugal when she casually runs into Bea, former best friend of her daughter Antia, who reveals that this one is living in Switzerland married and with three children.
Julieta (Emma Suarez) is a middle-aged woman living in Madrid with her boyfriend Lorenzo.
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