The Weinstein Company has released the first full trailer for Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as two women wrapped up in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As the official synopsis states, this one is “an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s seminal novel The Price of Salt, CAROL follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change.
A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara), is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), 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 (Kyle Chandler) begins to question her competence as a mother as her involvement with Therese and close relationship with her best friend Abby (Sarah Paulson) come to light.”
It comes from Todd Haynes, director of I’m Not There and Far from Heaven. And with Blanchett and Mara, we’re certain to see two performances that are not lacking in effort or grace. This trailer only reinforces what we already expected when we placed Carol high on our list of the most anticipated movies of the rest of 2015. It looks elegant and moving. And it’s riding high from a number of great reviews, including this glowing write-up from Buzzfeed’s Alison Willmore:
“Carol simmers with unspoken emotion and desire, condensing volumes into the Brief Encounter-style touch of a hand on a shoulder, into the offer of a whiff of perfume on a pulse point, into Billie Holiday recordings and Carter Burwell’s expressive score.”
Consider me intrigued. Luckily Carol isn’t far off. It hits theaters on November 20.
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