Carol

In New York in the early 1950s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) is working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol Aird (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a failing marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. When Carol's involvement with Therese comes to light, her husband retaliates by challenging her competence as a mother. And as Carol and Therese take refuge on the road, leaving their respective lives behind, a confrontation emerges that will test each woman's assumptions about herself and commitments to one another.

Director Todd Haynes ("Dark Waters") adapts the successful novel by Patricia Highsmith, which was first published in 1952 under the title "The Price of Salt" and (then later re-published as "Carol"), which the author denied writing until 1989. In the leading roles, Oscar winner Cate Blanchett as the modern Greta Garbo is her usual impressive self though the real sensation is Rooney Mara, who finally made her breakthrough with her portrayal of a character that would probably have been played by Audrey Hepburn in classic Hollywood.