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Savage Grace (2008)
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Savage Grace (2008)

Genre
Drama, Crime
Release Date
May 30, 2008
Studio
IFC First Take
Genre
Drama, Crime
Release Date
May 30, 2008
MPAA Rating
-
Duration
97 minute(s)
Production Budget
4.6
Studio
IFC First Take
Official Site
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Director
Tom Kalin
Producer
Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, Katie Roumel, Iker Monfort
Screenwriter
Howard A. Rodman
Starring
  • Julianne Moore as Barbara Daly Baekeland
  • Stephen Dillane as Brooks Baekeland
  • Eddie Redmayne as Antony Baekeland
  • Hugh Dancy as Sam Green
  • Elena Anaya as Blanca
  • Barney Clark
  • Simon Andreu
  • Belen Rueda as Pilar Duran
  • Anne Reid
  • Abel Folk
  • Unax Ugalde

In the opulent, jet-setting world of the 1970s international elite, a beautiful and volatile socialite's desperate search for love and legacy spirals into a shocking true crime. Tom Kalin's chilling drama "Savage Grace" follows Barbara Daly, portrayed with mesmerizing intensity by Julianne Moore, as she navigates a crumbling marriage to Brooks Baekeland, played by Stephen Dillane. Isolated and yearning for connection, Barbara forms an unnervingly close bond with her sensitive son, Tony, brought to life by a young Eddie Redmayne. As the family's wealth and status mask a deepening well of loneliness and unspoken desires, their relationships warp into dangerous new shapes, drawing others like the charming Hugh Dancy into their orbit. This elegant yet deeply unsettling film paints a portrait of glamour corroded from within, where obsession and privilege collide with devastating consequences, building towards an infamous tragedy that scandalized high society.

Ratings:
50
SCORE
IMDb 5.7/10
🥑 38% Rotten
MC 51
TMDB 5.6/10