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Todd Haynes’ 1950s-set drama Carol has been set as the American Express gala screening at the 59th BFI London Film Festival.
The director and stars, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, will be in attendance for the festival’s American Express Gala, which also serves as the film’s UK premiere on 14 October.
Phyllis Nagy’s screenplay was adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price of Salt. It centers on a woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Mara), who is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life. She meets Carol (Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage.
Festival director Clare Stewart described the film as a “deeply romantic, emotionally honest love story.” It is “cinema at its most intoxicating and immaculate,” she added.
London Film Festival director Clare Stewart called the film “a deeply romantic, emotionally honest love story” and “cinema at its most intoxicating and immaculate.”
The festival runs 7 - 15 October and its full lineup will be announced on 1 September.
This article first appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.