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A housewife trapped in a loveless marriage in 1950s New York forms a close attachment with a younger woman seeking fulfilment in her own life. A passionate secret affair develops, but as her husband grows suspicious, she finds her competence as a parent being called into question. Romantic drama based on Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara
2015
HD
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Historical/Period Drama
Literary Adaptation
Movie/Drama
Romance
Cast & Crew
Cate Blanchett
(Actor)
.. Carol Aird
Rooney Mara
(Actor)
.. Therese Belivet
Kyle Chandler
(Actor)
.. Harge Aird
Jake Lacy
(Actor)
.. Richard Semco
Sarah Paulson
(Actor)
.. Abby Gerhard
John Magaro
(Actor)
.. Dannie McElroy
Cory Michael Smith
(Actor)
.. Tommy Tucker
Kevin Crowley
(Actor)
.. Fred Haymes
Todd Haynes
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Cate Blanchett
(Actor)
.. Carol Aird
Born:
May 14, 1969
in
Melbourne, Australia
Best Known For:
Elizabeth and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Early-life:
Born Catherine Elise Blanchett on May 14, 1969, in Melbourne, Australia. Her older brother Bob works in computers, her younger sister, Genevieve, is a theatre designer. Her father, a Texan advertising executive, died when Blanchett was 10. She began appearing in and directing plays while still at school. After a brief spell at the University of Melbourne, she made her screen debut in an Arab boxing movie while travelling in Egypt. On her return to Australia, she studied at the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Career:
Blanchett started out on the Sydney stage, in both straight dramas and musicals. She made her TV debut in Police Rescue in 1993. Other brief small-screen roles followed, until two miniseries, Heartland and Bordertown, got her noticed. The movies Oscar and Lucinda, and Thank God He Met Lizzie were well-received, but it was 1998's Elizabeth, for which she received an Academy Award nomination, that made her a star. She reprised the role in sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Other notable projects include The Talented Mr Ripley, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Aviator (for which she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Robin Hood. In 2013, she won an Oscar for Blue Jasmine in the Best Actress category.
Quote:
"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!"
Trivia:
Blanchett voiced the character Valka in How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014).
Rooney Mara
(Actor)
.. Therese Belivet
Born:
October 17, 1992
in
New York
Best Known For:
The US remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Carol.
Early-life:
Patricia Rooney Mara was born in New York on April 17, 1985 to Kathleen and Timothy. Her mother's family founded the Pittsburgh Steelers and her father's family founded the New York Giants. She has two brothers, Daniel and Conor, and a sister, Kate, who is also an actress. She attended George Washington University for a year before transferring to New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she studied psychology, international social policy and nonprofits. She made her professional acting bow in a 2006 edition of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Career:
Mara made her film debut in Dream Boy (2008). Her first high-profile role came in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Since then, she has starred in The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Side Effects (2013), Her (2013) and Carol (2015).
Quote:
"I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups."
Trivia:
Mara was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Kyle Chandler
(Actor)
.. Harge Aird
Jake Lacy
(Actor)
.. Richard Semco
Sarah Paulson
(Actor)
.. Abby Gerhard
Born:
December 17, 1974
in
Tampa, Florida
John Magaro
(Actor)
.. Dannie McElroy
Cory Michael Smith
(Actor)
.. Tommy Tucker
Kevin Crowley
(Actor)
.. Fred Haymes
Todd Haynes
(Director)
