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Savage Grace (2007)
director of photography:
Juan Miguel Azpiroz
cast:
Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne, Anne Reid, Elena Anaya, Hugh Dancy, Martin Huberty, Minnie Marx
rating:
NR
director:
Tom Kalin
running time:
97 min.
writer:
Howard A. Rodman
synopsis
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
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