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Carol
She could have kept her secret and kept the peace. She chose to stop living against her own grain. 🧤
Who it's for
Carol validates love between women in an era that treated it as something to hide, and it does so without punishing its heroines.
Insecure→Validated
Feelings it meets
What it is
Todd Haynes's 2015 drama, adapted by Phyllis Nagy from Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt, is set in New York during the 1952 Christmas season. Therese Belivet, an aspiring photographer working in a department store, meets Carol Aird, an older woman shopping for a gift, and returns the gloves Carol leaves behind.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Sex scene with nudity; homophobia.
Age: R (a scene of sexuality/nudity, brief language)
Take my wine in my own cup, friend. It loses its wreath of foam when poured into that of others.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 61
