Their subtle facial expressions and nervous eye contact always hint at something more. Both were deservedly Oscar nominated for their work and are an absolute delight to watch as Haynes gives them plenty of time to breathe and allows them to take ownership of their characters. Anchoring the film are two exceptional lead performances by Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
The look of the film is one thing and it's undoubtedly a thing of beauty but Haynes also has the cast to convince you of this melancholic love story. Visually, there's so much going on that absolute credit must go to Haynes' entire crew Judy Becker's production design is flawless while Sandy Powell makes a huge contribution with her striking costume design. Haynes basks in a luxurious palette of colours that's captured so magnificently by Edward Lachman's cinematography where the deep hues radiate from the screen and the attention to detail is so precise that it's difficult to accept that a director can achieve such exquisite sophistication. Put simply, it's a breathtakingly beautiful film. Opening with Carter Burwell's sweeping music, Todd Haynes takes us back to New York in the 1950's where it's obvious from the very first moments that meticulous and extensive production design has went into this. There's a spark between them and what begins as a friendship soon develops into an unexpected love affair that does not follow the conventional norms of 1950s America. It's here that she encounters Carol Aird (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman with a wealthy background. Plot: Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara), is a young woman who longs to be a photographer but for the moment finds herself working as a clerk in a department store. Now, over 60 years later, Todd Haynes brings it to the screen for a contemporary audience and affords it the respect that it's been deserving of for too long. This was a novel that would've caused widespread controversy for such a high-profile author at this time and it wasn't until 1990 that Highsmith was credited.
However, Todd Haynes' Carol is an adaptation of the 1952 novel The Price of Salt which Highsmith wrote under the pseudonym of Claire Morgan to avoid harming her reputation and ruining her career. Ripley and Hossein Amini's The Two Faces of January are a notable few. As a talented writer, Patricia Highsmith has been responsible for the source material of some great film adaptations Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr.
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