SFFS Screen Presents: Julia

Julia (France/USA/Mexico/Belgium 2006), Erick Zonca's take on Cassavetes' Gloria, featuring a riveting performance by Tilda Swinton.

Swinton’s faces are many, including the eerie mask she wears when she agrees to help her unstable neighbor (Kate del Castillo) kidnap her son from the clutches of his wealthy grandfather. It’s a crackpot scheme made more so by Julia’s half-cocked attempt to secure herself a bigger share of the ransom money. One kidnapping gives way to another with no end in sight.