UNITED STATES · 2015

Carol

Todd Haynes
American Independent forbidden love lesbian romance 1950s America class difference self-discovery
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In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

Year2015
CountryUnited States
DirectorTodd Haynes
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Cinematic threads
4 films that influenced it
The Age of Innocence 1993 · Martin Scorsese When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 · Mikio Naruse Copie conforme 2010 · Abbas Kiarostami Brief Encounter 1945 · David Lean
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