Past and present meet in Christiane Jatahy’s new production
In 2011, the acclaimed Brazilian playwright and director Christiane Jatahy premiered Julia, a production that would go on to become one of her most iconic works: a very free version of Miss Julie, by August Strindberg. In 2013, the production arrived in Europe for the first time and was presented at Temporada Alta, where it was very well received by audiences and critics alike.
Fifteen years after its premiere, Christiane Jatahy presents Júlia – 15 anys més tard (2011–2026), a co-production by Teatre Lliure and Temporada Alta. This is a commission created especially for the Brazilian director, who takes on the challenge of updating the piece and bringing it into present-day Catalonia. The new creation, featuring Catalan actors Júlia Genís and Moha Amazian, enters into dialogue with the actors from the original Brazilian version, Júlia Bernat and Rodrigo de Ode, creating new exchanges between cinema and the stage.
Past and present come together to reveal the continuing relevance of a work that deals with intolerance, prejudice and misogyny, which sadly continue to span centuries and continents.
This proposal follows a formula the festival has successfully used on numerous occasions: inviting an international director to direct a Catalan technical and artistic team. Examples include titles such as Ai! la misèria ens farà feliços and Història d’un senglar (o alguna cosa de Ricard), by Gabriel Calderón —both co-productions with Teatre Lliure—; L’oncle Vània, with Oskaras Koršunovas, and Davant la jubilació, with Krystian Lupa, among others.
Artistic team
Direction and adaptation: Christiane Jatahy
Based on Miss Julie by August Strindberg
Translation: Marilia Samper
Performers: Júlia Genís and Moha Amazian
Film cast: Julia Bernat, Rodrigo de Odé and Marwa Bakhat
Live camera: Robert Molist Rossell
Set design: Marcelo Lipiani
Lighting design: Thomas Walgrave
Costume design: Nídia Tusal
Original music composition: Rodrigo Marçal
Director of photography: Paulo Camacho
Technical director: Ap7 projectes tècnics – Enric Alarcon
Video systems coordinator: Julio Parente
Video technician: Roger Ábalos
Lighting technician: Oriol Mestre
Sound technician: Oscar Villar
Stage machinery: Koko (Lluís Nadal)
Film voiceovers: Joana Ricart Arderiu and Francesc Gosalves López
Audiovisual production: Asimètric Films
Text revision: Gemma Sardà
Assistant directors: Julia Bernat and Mònica Molins Duran
Stage management: Maria Laporta
Company production coordination: Henrique Mariano
Communications: Bea Moyano and Mariona Gómez
Executive production: Andrea Cuevas Garrido
Head of production: Blanca Arderiu
Production management: Josep Domènech
Film credits
Assistant director: Paula Baviera
Second assistant director: Raquel Díaz
Production manager: Olga Doganoc
Production assistant: Carlos Llaó
Key set: Juan Zumeta
Production assistant: Jorge Gómez
Production assistant: Adriana Pérez
Camera operator: Paulo Camacho
2nd AC / Data: Marc Merino
Gaffer: Martin Murua
Electricians: Carles Cros, Marc ‘Xurro’ Carrasco and Joan Bustos
Costume design: Nídia Tusal
Costume assistant: Patricia Carrión
Art direction: Thomas Walgrave
Art assistant: Mònica Molins Duran
Make-up and hair: Irene Leon
Head of sound: Gerard Tàrrega
Boom operator: Andrea Dobrescu
Sound mixing: Reclab Studio / Oriol Xicart
Audiovisual production: Asimètric Films
A production by Temporada Alta and Teatre Lliure
In collaboration with Cie Vertice – Axis Productions
Acknowledgements: Mar Requena
Images
By the same creator
Depois do silêncio (TA22), Entre chien et loup (TA21), O agora que demora (TA19), A floresta que anda (TA17), E se elas fossem para Moscou? (TA14), Júlia (TA13)
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