Julia

A buoyant, appetite-whetting portrait that feels like a warm conversation over a good meal, easy to sink into and hard not to smile through.

Directed by

Betsy West, Julie Cohen

Genres

Documentary, History

Starring

Julia Child, José Andrés, Ruth Reichl

Tagline

The delicious life of America's first food icon.

Overview

Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.

How it feels

Warm, uplifting, earnest and light. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Ambition, work, identity, love

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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