Julieta (15)

Tickets £6 including a free mocktail

Spain, 2016, rated 15, 99 mins

For the third and final film in our melodrama mini season, we have chosen the master of the genre, Pedro Almodóvar who directs this hauntingly intimate Spanish exploration into grief, guilt, and estrangement through the lens of a mother-daughter relationship. Based on three short stories by Alice Munro, the film follows Julieta, a woman who abruptly cancels plans to move abroad after a chance encounter reveals the whereabouts of her long-lost daughter, Antía. As Julieta retreats into her past, she writes a letter chronicling the emotional events that led to their separation, including the death of Antía’s father and the silence that followed. With Almodóvar’s signature visual elegance and emotional depth, Julieta is a meditation on memory and the pain of absence.

Presented by Shrewsbury Film Society as part of their Too Much: Melodrama mini season.