2002 · drama · romance
Far from Heaven
Directed by Todd Haynes1h 47m2002
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
Our read: Far from Heaven (2002) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
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