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Running Time: 97 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
Country Of Origin: Spain
Country Of Origin: France
synopsis
Barbara Daly, the dashing heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune, married above her class to Brooks Baekeland. Beautiful, red-headed and charismatic, Barbara is still no match for her well-bred 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. As he matures and becomes increasingly close to his lonely mother, the seeds for a tragedy of spectacular decadence are sown. From 1946 to 1972, the Baekelands’ pursuit of social distinction and the glittering “good life” propels them across the globe.
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Barbara Baekeland
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Black Jake
Pilar Duran
Blanca
Sam Green
Carlos Duran
Nini Daly
Jean Pierre Souvestre
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reviews
PETER TRAVERS -
June 12, 2008
Money, madness, incest and murder! Just the recipe for a twisted mesmerizer of a movie, if it doesn't creep you out. It's the true story of Barbara Daly (Julianne Moore), a social climber who marries Brooks Baekeland (Stephen Dillane), the heir to a plastics empire, and proceeds to, well, just watch and hold your jaw up with both hands. Director Tom Kalin (Swoon) is a huge talent, and working from a script that Howard Rodman carved out of a book by Natalie Robins and Steven M.L. Aronson, he uses…
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