Julia

2009 • 137 minutes

About this movie

Julia is an alcoholic; unreliable, manipulative and a compulsive liar, all strung out beneath her flamboyant exterior. Between vodka and one-night stands, she gets by on nickel and dime jobs. Increasingly lonely, her alcohol induced confusion reinforces her belief that life has dealt her a losing hand so she is not to blame for the mess she has made of it.Glimpsing imminent perdition, a chance encounter with a Mexican woman convinces Julia to engage in a violent kidnapping and eventual murder as much in panic and despair as for financial gain. Her journey becomes a headlong collision course and inevitable choice of life over death.As the story unfolds, Julia's journey becomes a headlong flight on a collision course, but somehow she makes the choice of life over death.THE 7TH FLOOR