An alcoholic becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.
Acting
Swinton's physicality — drunk, desperate, terrifyingly committed.
Direction
Zonca keeps you trapped in Julia's catastrophic point of view.
Director
Erick Zonca
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zonca cited John Cassavetes' 'Gloria' as inspiration, but Swinton's Julia is far less competent and far more self-destructive than Gena Rowlands' iconic maternal avenger.
The Mexico-Tijuana sequences were shot guerrilla-style with minimal permits; Swinton reportedly stayed in character's jittery, hungover energy between takes.
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