Carol is a 2015 historical romance film directed by Todd Haynes. The screenplay by Phyllis Nagy is based on the 1952 romance novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, and Kyle Chandler. Set in New York City during the early 1950s, Carol tells the story of a forbidden affair between an aspiring female photographer and an older woman going through a difficult divorce.
North American theatrical release poster
Rooney Mara, Todd Haynes and Cate Blanchett during premiere of Carol at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Image: Cate Blanchett Deauville 2013 3
Image: Rooney Mara at The Discovery premiere during day 2 of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 20, 2017 in Park City, Utah (32088061480) (cropped)
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage is featured. These films make the search for romantic love the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints or family resistance. As in all quite strong, deep and close romantic relationships, the tensions of day-to-day life, temptations, and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films.
Tyrone Power passionately embraces Alice Faye in the 1938 film Alexander's Ragtime Band.
Poster for Gone With the Wind (1939).
Salah Zulfikar passionately embracing Shadia in the 1965 film Dearer than my Life