SYNOPSIS
Based on Nathalie Robins and Steven Aronson’s awardwinning novel, which tells the incredible true story of Barbara Daly, wife of Brooks Baekeland, the dashing heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. Beautiful, charismatic, Barbara is still not a match for her betterborn husband. The birth of the couple’s only child, Tony, rocks the uneasy balance in this marriage of extremes. Tony is a failure in his father’s eyes, and as he matures he becomes increasingly close to his lonely mother. The seeds for a tragedy of spectacular decadence are sown.
FILM DETAILS & FESTIVALS
2007 – 1h29 – Drama – USA, France
With: Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne
Cannes – Directors’ Fortnight
Sundance
