Snapshot from the movie Julie and Julia. This scene with Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci. Taller than most, indeed.

Last night I watched the movie Julie and Julia. The story is based on two separate true stories of two women who are passionate about cooking, and whom through cooking find their paths in life. One of the stories is a portrait of cookbook author and TV personality Julia Child’s journey from searching housewife to professional cook in the after war period.  The movie is partly based on Child’s autobiography My Life in France. The other is a contemporary story (2002-2003) of frustrated insure company employee Julia Powell who decides to cook all 524 (!) recipes from Child’s cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 365 days (!!) and simultaneously blog about it.

I found the movie by coincidence at the local library, and I had not heard about it before. I decided to borrow it because I saw that it featured Meryl Streep. I love her! Also in this movie of course. She IS the movie. And I also have to say that I love Julia Child – taller than most, high pitch voice, great fun, ambitious and hard-working. If the movie is anything like the real Julia Child, she was truly a TV genius. The movie below, which I found on Youtube indicates that this may really be the case. She’s quicker than David Letterman… The real life Julia Powell also seem to be an interesting person (an author and a butcher!).

The movie is not super-duper great, or anything. I had a few laughs, and I was real hungry watching all that cooking. But one thing struck me – hard. The whole movie I was waiting for Julie’s and Julia’s respective men to leave them. But it didn’t happen. Oh! Such a great feeling! For ones a movie in which the men whole heartedly and compassionately support their women, also when the women claim their paths, follow their passion and eventually turn out very successful. There are so many movie and real examples of the opposite. Women as victims… Men leaving their women because they take up too much space in the relationship… Women leaving their men because they don’t allow them to pursue their passions… Never Bloody Ending Story.

I want more examples of movies portraying relationships of strong women and their supportive partners. It’s good for my self-confidence. For yours also perhaps?

And what about my own relationship, you may ask. So far, so good. It’s not always easy being the workaholic wife… probably not being the husband of a workaholic either. But we’re managing. It may sound like a cliché; to communicate, stick to your entrepreneurial goals and set goals together seem key.

But back to the movies now. Gimme gimme!

The real Julia Child on David Letterman show, 1987. I like this woman! :)

xo,

Evelina