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Far from Heaven

2002 · TMDB 7.1

Directed by Todd Haynes

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.

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Todd Haynes restages Sirk's world in 1957 Connecticut, with Julianne Moore's Cathy discovering her husband's sexuality and her own attraction to a Black gardener. Elmer Bernstein's score and Edward Lachman's autumnal palette do half the storytelling.

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