Just as she is about to leave Madrid forever, the seemingly content Julieta has a chance encounter that stirs up sorrowful memories of the daughter who brutally abandoned her when she turned eighteen. The brokenhearted woman thus decides to confront the most important events of her life.

Pedro Almodóvar returns to his more reflective works with Julieta, jumping across time to follow the tragic destiny of a mother, played by two different actresses. Based on the short stories of Alice Munro, this entrancing and sumptuous melodrama is imbued with guilt, grief, and irrevocable love.