Julie & Julia

(USA, 2009, 119 minutes)

In 1948, Julia Child arrives in Paris with her diplomat husband and, dazzled by French cuisine, goes on to write what became the essential cookbook on French cooking; in 2002, Julie Powell, a frustrated New Yorker about to hit 30 whose life has not gone according to her plan, decides to cook her way through the book in one year as a project to find her true self again. Utterly charming star comedy cleverly intertwining two real-life stories – Powell's and Child's — into a smart, moving portrait of different women brought together by the joy of cooking, with delightful performances from both stars.

Columbia Pictures presents an Easy There Tiger/Amy Robinson/Laurence Mark production.
Starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams; Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Mary Ann Rajskub, Jane Lynch, Frances Sternhagen.
Directed by Nora Ephron; produced by Laurence Mark, Nora Ephron, Amy Robinson, Eric Steel; screenplay by Nora Ephron, based on the books by Julie Powell, Julie & Julia, and Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme, My Life in France; music by Alexandre Desplat; director of photography (Deluxe), Stephen Goldblatt; production designer, Mark Ricker; costume designer, Ann Roth; film editor, Richard Marks.