A World For Julius

A World For Julius

2021 · 88 min · ES · 7.3 (41 votes)
Dir. Rossana Díaz-Costa · Starring Augusto Linares, Pamela Saco, Mayella Lloclla, Nacho Fresneda, Antonieta Pari, Matías Raygada
Drama

Julius is an upper-class boy in Lima in the 1940s. He lives in a palace with his aristocratic family and extensive servants. As the years go by, Julius will gradually lose his innocence, discovering and never understanding an adult world full of inequalities and injustices.

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A tender, yet somber, look at a privileged childhood slowly giving way to the harsh realities of the adult world. It's a quiet, observational film that lingers, evoking a profound sense of melancholic nostalgia for lost innocence.

melancholicnostalgicwistfulsomberslow-burnperiod dramaarthousecharacter studylyricalloss of innocenceclass inequalitychildhoodsocial commentary
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