Far From Heaven
(DVD)
DIRECTED BY - Todd Haynes
The model marriage of Frank (Dennis Quaid) and Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore) in 1950s Hartford is depicted in television ads, and a magazine features photographs of Cathy as a model homemaker and citizen. Yet, behind the curtains of their dream home, Cathy and Frank hide scandalous secrets. Frank has been masquerading his homosexuality and is seeing a doctor for a heterosexual conversion. Meanwhile, Cathy finds solace in her gardener, Raymond (Dennis Haysbert), a black man about whom Cathy must conceal her growing feelings, since simply being seen with him is cause for scandal.
Film Info
RUNTIME - 108 minutes
RATING - Not Rated
YEAR - 2002
FORMAT - DVD Region 1
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Press
"...FAR FROM HEAVEN is nothing short of a masterpiece....It seems, in a single visionary stroke, to have taken the spirit of American independent cinema and brought it full circle back to the soul of vintage Hollywood..."
- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"...It's a bold experiment....[With a] terrific look and perfectly pitched performances..."
- Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter