45. JULIA
 
France/USA/Mexico
dir. Erick Zonca
world premiere 2008
U.S. release 2009
 

 
Because Zonca supersedes the dichotomous dramatics of his best-known feature with a new, more heightened style, indistinguishable as realism or expressionism given the hyperactivity and epically poor judgment of the lead character and many of her intimates. Tilda Swinton assumes the headspace, the physicality, the glands, and the bloodstream of a totally dissimilar person.