Julie & Julia is a movie directed by Nora Ephron in 2009 and based on the book My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud’Homme, first published in 2006. The movie features Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Jane Lynch, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Book by Julie Powell
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Storyline
In the 1950s, Julia Child, an enthusiastic and unabashed woman, moves to Paris with her diplomat husband, Paul Child. She is undaunted however, and begins collaborating on a book about French cooking for American housewives with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle.
Movie vs Book
Year
2009
Minutes
123
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Year
2006
Pages
336
Book Rate
8.30
S: Goodreads
Book
My Life in France
Author: Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme
Country: USA
First published in: 2006
Length: 336 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“The movie will never be as good as the book, both because the book goes on longer and because books are internal.”
SCOTT TUROW (Writer)
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