Carol

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Carol is a romantic drama, based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, directed by Todd Haynes (I’m Not There, Far From Heaven). It premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival where Rooney Mara tied for the Best Actress award. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, and Kyle Chandler.

A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet, is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. While Carol breaks free from the confines of marriage, her husband threatens her competence as a mother when Carol’s involvement with Therese and close relationship with her best friend Abby comes to light. As Carol leaves the comfort of home to travel with Therese, an internal journey of self-discovery coincides with her new sense of space.

Speaking about her character Blanchett says, “Carol is someone who perhaps appears very remote and self-contained and self-possessed, but in a way I think she’s crumbling. She doesn’t fit— neither Carol nor Therese— fit neatly into a social circle or in that time, an underground movement. So I think they’re both ambushed by the intensity of the connection they share with each other.”

Carol is rated 14A.