Far From Heaven

by John Gill

Overview

Cathy is the perfect ‘50s housewife, living the perfect ‘50s life: with healthy kids, a successful husband, and social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank, as he is kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond—a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank’s struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844572878
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/21/2011
Series:	BFI Film Classics
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

John Gill is a former senior editor of TimeOut London. He has written for publications from Smash Hits to The Times. He lives and works in Skopelos, Greece.

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John Gill has done a fine job in the latest of the BFI's Film Classics series in examining the peculiar charms of this endlessly fascinating picture ... ' – The Crack