Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined 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. Fortuately for her, this surprise twist in the plot will thrust her back into the greatest role of her life.
Acting
Bening's volcanic charisma—every blink is a choice.
Costume
1938 couture that screams 'I have a dressing room and grievances.'
Writing
Wicked dialogue that rewards theatre literacy.
Director
István Szabó
Annette Bening
Julia Lambert
Jeremy Irons
Michael Gosselyn
Miriam Margolyes
Dolly de Vries
Bruce Greenwood
Lord Charles
Michael Gambon
Jimmie Langton
Leigh Lawson
Archie Dexter
Shaun Evans
Tom Fennel
Juliet Stevenson
Evie
Max Irons
Curtain Call Boy
Michael Culkin
Rupert
Tom Sturridge
Roger Gosselyn
Sheila McCarthy
Grace Dexter
Lucy Punch
Avice Crichton
Teresa Churcher
Cynthia
Rosemary Harris
Julia's Mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Annette Bening based Julia's physicality on 1930s star Ruth Chatterton, whom she'd researched for years.
The film adapts Somerset Maugham's 'Theatre' (1937), written when he was managing his actress lover—art imitating art imitating life.
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