3. Carol
Screened: In Competition
Release Date: 18th December (US)/Unannounced (UK)
What's The Story? In 1950s New York Department store worker Terese meets the alluring Carol and together they enter into a romantic affair.
WhatCulture Says: "Todd Haynes cannot get enough praise for his handling of this lesbian romance set in fifties America. Typical social pariahdom isnt rotely trotted out and the mise-en-scène goes beyond just invoking the times. Last years The Two Faces Of January was the first time since 1960s Purple Noon that a filmmaker got Highsmiths characters, but now we have something more; a genuinely wonderful film that, despite its atypical source, finally gives her writing its deserved work." Read the full review
here.