Film Title: Far from HeavenCountry/ Year: USA /2002
Genre: Melodrama
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Julianne More as Cathy Whitaker, Dennis Quaid as Frank Whitaker, Dennis Haysbert as Raymond Deagan, Patricia Clarkson as Eleanor, Viola Daris as Sybil.
Writing credits: Todd Haynes
You can watch the trailer at: http://www.film.virgin.net/ and http://www.mymovies.net/
Plot: Frank and Cathy are a modellic couple who have got two children. All change when Cathy discovers that Frank likes men. Their relationship suffers a transformation which unleashes the break-up of their marriage.
Opinion: I like it very much because it’s not the common one’s melodramas. The first reason is that it gives you the opportunity to think over many things like love, race, homosexuality, fidelity, respect, etc. At the same time you discover how life has changed during last decades in the American Society. Another reason is the excellent cast with a superb performance of Julianne More, show as nominated by the Academy Award and Dennis Quaid. Finally, I like the set decoration, the costumes, the colors which are a special key note in the film, the music for which Bernstein obtained an Academy Awards for Best Store and the photography.
Opinion: I like it very much because it’s not the common one’s melodramas. The first reason is that it gives you the opportunity to think over many things like love, race, homosexuality, fidelity, respect, etc. At the same time you discover how life has changed during last decades in the American Society. Another reason is the excellent cast with a superb performance of Julianne More, show as nominated by the Academy Award and Dennis Quaid. Finally, I like the set decoration, the costumes, the colors which are a special key note in the film, the music for which Bernstein obtained an Academy Awards for Best Store and the photography.
I strongly recommend it for women and men. As you may see before there are universal themes.
Type of language:
American English with little jargon.
Cathy speaks in an extremely formal way. Her life is controlled and tidy so that her language is the same.
Frank is less inhibited for that reason he uses more jargon.
Synopsis:
Frank and Cathy live in Connecticut. He’s a successful sales executive and she’s a perfect housewife who looks after their children and takes care of the house. Later on, Frank starts going to gay pubs at the end of his working day. One day his wife decides to make his dinner to the office where she discovers that Frank is kissing a man. Then, he determinates to visit a therapist to be cured of his condition. In the meantime Cathy meets Raymond, the son of her dead gardener.
Life with Frank is not easy because he drinks too much. As a result of that one day he hits her. The following day Cathy tells Raymond her couple troubles. He invites her to go out on an errand. After that they go to a black-only diner where they are seen by a gossip lady. Frank discovers this meeting and gets angry with his wife. She decides to not see Raymond anymore. At Christmas time, Cathy and Frank go on holiday to Miami. There, he falls in love with a young male. When they return home he determines to tell her the truth for having the divorce. He leaves her alone with the children. At the same time Cathy knows that Raymond’s daughter has been stoned by some white boys. She decides to visit him where she discovers that they are going to live in Baltimore because they are either accepted in the black community.
At the end of the film, she goes to the station to say goodbye to him. The train leaves and she remains motionless on the platform. She realizes that perfect life has turned into a never-ending hell.
There’s a memorable quote for this film that I want you to know:
Type of language:
American English with little jargon.
Cathy speaks in an extremely formal way. Her life is controlled and tidy so that her language is the same.
Frank is less inhibited for that reason he uses more jargon.
Synopsis:
Frank and Cathy live in Connecticut. He’s a successful sales executive and she’s a perfect housewife who looks after their children and takes care of the house. Later on, Frank starts going to gay pubs at the end of his working day. One day his wife decides to make his dinner to the office where she discovers that Frank is kissing a man. Then, he determinates to visit a therapist to be cured of his condition. In the meantime Cathy meets Raymond, the son of her dead gardener.
Life with Frank is not easy because he drinks too much. As a result of that one day he hits her. The following day Cathy tells Raymond her couple troubles. He invites her to go out on an errand. After that they go to a black-only diner where they are seen by a gossip lady. Frank discovers this meeting and gets angry with his wife. She decides to not see Raymond anymore. At Christmas time, Cathy and Frank go on holiday to Miami. There, he falls in love with a young male. When they return home he determines to tell her the truth for having the divorce. He leaves her alone with the children. At the same time Cathy knows that Raymond’s daughter has been stoned by some white boys. She decides to visit him where she discovers that they are going to live in Baltimore because they are either accepted in the black community.
At the end of the film, she goes to the station to say goodbye to him. The train leaves and she remains motionless on the platform. She realizes that perfect life has turned into a never-ending hell.
There’s a memorable quote for this film that I want you to know:
Cathy: “That was the day I stopped believing in the wild ardor of things. Perhaps in love, as well. That kind of love. The love on books and films. The love that tell us to abandon our lives and plans, all for one brief touch of Venus. So often we fail at that kind of love. The world just seems too fragile a place for it. And of every other kind, life remains full. Perhaps it’s just we who are too fragile.
1/10 Score: 8
1/10 Score: 8
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