Adapted from 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.
Adapted from 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.
"CAROL possesses the same quiet, catlike powers of its magnetic title character: It swirls around to ambush you ... and make you swoon."
Washington Post
"At once ardent and analytical, cerebral and swooning, CAROL is a study in human magnetism, in the physics and optics of eros. With sparse dialogue and restrained drama, the film is a symphony of angles and glances, of colors and shadows."
New York Times
"Loneliness and longing are at the center of these two women's lives, at least for a while, and they're expressed by nuance and implication in a pair of superb performances, and by a lovely evocation of the period."
Wall Street Journal
Academy Award nominee
6 nominations including Best Actress - Cate Blanchett & Best Supporting Actress - Rooney Mara
Golden Globe nominee
6 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director - Todd Haynes & Best Actress - Cate Blanchett
Cannes Film Festival winner
Best Actress - Rooney Mara