PREVIEW: Julia (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Julia Child, José Andrés, Paul Bogaards, André Cointreau, Phila Cousins, Susy Davidson, Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch, Barbara Fairchild, Jane Friedman, Ina Garten, Charlie Gibson, Stephanie Hersh, Marian Morash, Russell Morash, Sara Moulton, Jacques Pepin, Alex Pirie, Pat Pratt, Alex Prud’homme, Ruth Reichl, Cecile Richards, Jean-François Thibault, Marcus Samuelsson, François Simon, Anne Willan, Dorothy Zinberg

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Julie Cohen (RBG) and Betsy West (My Name Is Pauli Murray), directors, producers; Sara Bernstein (Rebuilding Paradise), Holly Siegel (Zona) and Justin Wilkes (What Happened, Miss Simone?), producers; Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules), composer; Nanda Fernandez Brédillard (film debut) and Claudia Raschke (Abraham’s Children), cinematographers; Carla Gutierrez (Kingdom of Shadows), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The life story of Julia Child, the beloved cookbook author and television personality who was key to changing the American view of food, television, and women’s rights…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The legendary Julia Child – previously portrayed on-screen in Julie & Julia by an Oscar-nominated Meryl Streep – is the focus of this empowering documentary from the directors of RBG.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 8TH APRIL 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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