Based on Highsmith's novel, The Price of Salt, Carol is set in the 1950s and follows a young department store clerk (Mara) who meets and falls in love with an older, wealthier, married woman (Blanchett) at a time when such romances had to be kept secret. It's familiar territory for Haynes who explored a closeted Douglas Sirk-era love affair in 2002's Far from Heaven. Here's the official synopsis:
In 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.
Also starring Kyle Chandler, Carrie Brownstein, John Magaro, Sarah Paulson, and Jake Lacy, Carol hits theaters on November 18th.
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