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Goodbye Julia

2023 · 115 min

A quietly devastating moral drama that simmers with guilt and unspoken truths, anchored by two women's fragile bond amid a country's unraveling.

Overview: A retired singer from northern Sudan, Mona, burdened by guilt for covering up a man's death, hires his southern widow, Julia, as her maid. Unable to confess her role in the tragedy, she hopes to move forward, but the country's growing unrest threatens to reveal her secret.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Guilt, race, class, family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
race
class
family
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild