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Bullied boy, left by his father, supported by a over-optimistic and naive mother, tries out life in a new school.Read More »
Todd Haynes
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Todd Haynes – The Suicide (1978)
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Todd Haynes – Safe (1995)
1991-2000ArthouseDramaTodd HaynesUnited KingdomQuote:
It took Todd Haynes four years after Poison to get funding for Safe (1995), an emotionally devastating portrait of insulated domesticity, centering on Carol White (Julianne Moore), a San Fernando housewife who develops peculiar health problems. Carol’s immune system is compromised by an “environmental illness,” an all-encompassing allergy to chemicals that has baffled the medical establishment and gained the moniker “20th Century Disease.” Helpless, she turns to a self-help organization that leads to greater isolation from the real outside world.Read More »