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SAVAGE GRACE

2007

Director:

Tom Kalin

Cast:

Julianne Moore

Eddie Redmayne

Stephen Dillane

Runtime: 97 min

Cinematographer: Juanmi Azpiroz

Distributor: IFC Films

Awards

Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival — Directors’ Fortnight (2007)

Official Selection, London Film Festival (2007)

Independent Spirit Award nomination, Best Screenplay (2008)

Synopsis

Savage Grace dramatises the true story of Barbara Daly Baekeland, heiress to the Bakelite plastic fortune, whose obsessive relationship with her son Antony culminated in a 1972 tragedy in London. Spanning three decades across Europe and New York, the film traces the Baekeland family’s glamorous but deeply dysfunctional world. Based on the book by Natalie Robins and Steven M. L. Aronson.Dillane

Poster for “Savage Grace” featuring Julianne Moore (top) holding a cigarette and Eddie Redmayne (bottom), with the tagline “Truth is more shocking than fiction.”
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