Tilda Swinton stars in director
Erick Zonca's
drama about a 40-year-old alcoholic who, in a rare moment of sobriety,
sees where her life is headed and makes one last-ditch attempt to steer
herself away from the disastrous path that she has been locked on for as
far back as she can remember. Julia may be manipulative, notoriously
untrustworthy, and completely incapable of uttering any word that isn't
an outright lie, but somehow -- perhaps due to sheer charisma -- this
statuesque deceiver has always managed to get by. But Julia has been
hardened by too many vodkas and too many one-night stands, and lately
the lonely life of drifting from job to job in her 1979 Chrysler New
Yorker has left her wanting something more. While her old boyfriend
Mitch occasionally tries to break through Julia's haze, lately she has
surrendered herself to the fact that she is simply one of life's losers.
As her finances begin to run short and panic begins to set in, a
desperate Julia turns to crime but is forced to go on the run with a
young boy named Tom after her plan falls hopelessly apart.
