Blanchett lesbian movie is Cannes contender
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A LEADING contender for the Palme d鈥橭r, 鈥淐arol,鈥 starring Cate Blanchett in a lesbian love story, had its world premiere at Cannes yesterday.
Reviews for the film, set in New York in the 1950s and directed by American film-maker Todd Haynes, have been so glowing that it鈥檚 already generating Oscar buzz 鈥 at the very least for Australian actress Blanchett, 46.
Blanchett, who has two acting Oscars, for 鈥淭he Aviator鈥 and 鈥淏lue Jasmine,鈥 is 鈥渋ncandescent鈥 as a socialite who begins a relationship with a shopgirl (Rooney Mara) despite the personal and societal hazards posed, according to Variety magazine.
It has 鈥渟upreme intelligence, breathtaking poise and filmmaking craft of the most sophisticated yet accessible order,鈥 Variety said.
Reviewers were nearly unanimous over Haynes鈥檚 鈥渕asterful鈥 restraint, which drew the audience along until the end, when a stately yet powerful climax brought tears to the eyes of even hardened film critics.
Movie website Indiewire called it 鈥渁 love story that starts at a trickle, swells gradually to a torrent, and finally bursts the banks of your heart.鈥
The movie is based on a book by Patricia Highsmith, who wrote crime thrillers including 鈥淭he Talented Mr Ripley.鈥 Here, there is no 鈥渃rime鈥 committed 鈥 although the women鈥檚 relationship is viewed as such in the reproving period in which it is set.
鈥淭he almost-pathological paranoia that is usually defined as criminal is, in this case, romantic,鈥 Haynes, who is gay, explained to The Hollywood Reporter.
鈥淓ven before it became a story about lesbian love 鈥 which was, of course, criminal, as defined by the world at that time 鈥 it was just about love itself as something criminal.鈥
Haynes and Blanchett worked together on 鈥淚鈥檓 Not There,鈥 in which Blanchett is among a cast of actors playing Bob Dylan.
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