Giulia is about to celebrate her fiftieth birthday. About to hit the dreaded milestone, she feels as if she had become invisible to others and was losing her sense of self. On the bus, she observes the other passengers, who completely ignore her. The film features a range of characters, from fourteen- year-olds to residents of a hospice celebrating someone’s eightieth birthday, and Giulia’s waiting guests, who joke amongst themselves about how the depredations of the aging process affect body, memory, and patterns of sleep. To postpone her appearance at the party, she accepts an invitation to go for a drink with a man she’s just met. Julia’s Disappearance is an ensemble bittersweet comedy on the mid-life crisis, but also pinpoints the fact that the problems of growing up go far beyond the enduring cliches that ascribe them to particular stages in life. This film is dedicated to the memory of Swiss filmmaker Daniel Schmid.