Savage Grace
date:Thursday, July 24, 2008 time:5:30 PM venue:Real Art Ways address:56 Arbor Street Hartford, CT 06101 View map posted by:Real Art Ways
Savage Grace, based on the award winning book by Natalie Robins and
Steven M.L. Aronson, tells the incredible true story of Barbara Daly
(Julianne Moore), who married above her class to Brooks Baekeland
(Stephen Dillane), the dashing heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune.
Beautiful, red-headed and charismatic, Barbara is still no match for
her well-bred husband. The birth of the couple's only child, Tony
(Eddie Redmayne), rocks the uneasy balance in this marriage of
extremes. Tony is a failure in his father's eyes. As he matures and
becomes increasingly close to his lonely mother, the seeds for a
tragedy of spectacular decadence are sown. Spanning 1946 to 1972, the
film unfolds in six acts. The Baekelands' pursuit of social distinction
and the glittering 'good life' propels them across the globe. We follow
their heady rise and tragic fall against the backdrop of New York,
Paris, Cadaques, Mallorca and London.
US, France, Spain, 94 min, 2007
