Far From Heaven

FAR FROM HEAVEN (15)

D: Todd Haynes

Focus Features (Christine Vachon & Jody Patton)

USA 🇺🇸 2002

107 mins

Drama

W: Todd Haynes

DP: Edward Lachman

Ed: James Lyons

Mus: Elmer Bernstein

PD: Mark Friedberg

Julianne Moore (Cathy Whitaker), Dennis Quaid (Frank Whitaker), Dennis Haysbert (Raymond Deagan), Patricia Clarkson (Eleanor Fine), Viola Davis (Sybil)

An exquisitely-photographed slice of 1950's New England, reminiscent of classic Douglas Sirk melodramas, starring Julianne Moore as a housewife in a wealthy Connecticut suburb who discovers that her husband (Dennis Quaid) is homosexual. To deal with her grief, she embarks on a secret relationship with her black gardener and incurs wrath from the racist townsfolk.

Beautifully filmed, strongly acted and with a powerful message in the script. Julianne Moore has rarely been better.

7/10