Julia
The delicious life of America's first food icon.
Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.
Cast
Julia Child
Self (archive footage)
José Andrés Puerta
Self
Ruth Reichl
Self
Cecile Richards
Self
Marcus Samuelsson
Self
Sara Moulton
Self
Ina Garten
Self
Charles Gibson
Self
Jacques Pépin
Self (archival footage)
Antonietta Brownell
Gala Attendee
André Cointreau
Self
Susy Davidson
Self
Jane Friedman
Self
Daniéle Mazet-Delpeuch
Self
Russell Morash
Self
Videos
Storyline
Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.
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