8. Carol
Pitch: The Talented Ms Ripley Cast & Crew: Todd Haynes (Dir), Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett & Sarah Paulson Plot: Rooney Mara plays a young shopgirl who begins a lesbian affair with Cate Blanchett's sophisticated older woman in 1950's New York in this adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novella The Price Of Salt. Reasons to Be Excited: Stop it. Get your mind out of the gutter. The reason to be excited is this is a rich character led period romance starring two of the best actresses around based on a critically acclaimed story by a writer with real pedigree and directed by the man who made critically acclaimed Far From Heaven and I'm Not There... Release Date: Autumn release is planned so expect the premiere to be at either the Venice or Toronto film festival