1938. Julia Lambert (Annette Bening) and Michael Gosselyn (Jeremy Irons) are the royal couple of the London theater scene, Julia, an actress, and Michael, a former actor, who took over running the theater and its troupe after the death of their mentor, Jimmy Langton (Sir Michael Gambon). Jimmy is still constantly with Julia in spirit as she navigates through life. Besides their work, Julia and Michael lead largely separate lives, they, long ago having stopped a sexual relationship. Julia of late has been feeling disenchanted with her life, she not wanting to admit it's because she is approaching middle age. Her disenchantments manifests itself in wanting Michael to close their current production early so that she can recharge her juices, something he is reluctant to do if only for not wanting to let the theater sit empty. What Julia ends up doing instead is embarking on an affair with Tom Fennel (Shaun Evans), an adoring young American who is young enough to be her son. As Julia and ...

Starring:

Michael Gambon , Annette Bening , Leigh Lawson , Shaun Evans , Mari Kiss , Jeremy Irons , Ronald Markham , Terry Sach , Catherine Charlton , Juliet Stevenson , Miriam Margolyes , Max Irons , Andrew Paton Story Busher , George Lang , Michael Culkin

Genre:

Comedy, Drama, Romance