It may not be the Vorderman biopic we’ve all been waiting for, but Todd Haynes’ Carol has an awful lot to recommend it. Greeted with awards and standing ovations at Cannes, it’s a period drama that's shaping up for a serious run at this year’s Oscars too. It has a new trailer freshly in, and you can check it out below.
Lyrical and heart-rending, this Patricia Highsmith adaptation is set amid Manhattan's frosty post-war climate. Within this social and moral cold war, two women, Rooney Mara’s shop clerk Therese Belivet and Cate Blanchett’s lovelessly married Carol, meet and fall in love. If you’ve seen Haynes’ Far From Heaven – a very different film from this one – you’ll know that liberation can come with a heavy price in ‘50s America.
Haynes’ film has been adapted from Highsmith’s only crime-free novel, The Price Of Salt, by Phyllis Nag and also boasts Jake Lacy, Sarah Paulson and Kyle Chandler in its cast. As Carol’s bitter husband, Chandler is the clear and present danger not only to Carol’s future happiness but her current competence as a mum.
Carol makes its UK bow at the BFI London Film Festival on October 14, before going out across the UK on November 27. Mark your diary.