New 4K Restoration
Additional Films and Guests, New Americas Cinema
Todd Haynes' psychological drama stars an exceptional Julianne Moore as an affluent and unexceptional homemaker in the suburbs whose life descends into the clutches of a mysterious illness.
Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife, begins having serious allergic reactions to everyday chemicals, transforming the safety of her existence into a terror of everyday life. When she is diagnosed with an immunity disorder and sets off to New Mexico for treatment, Carol’s journey turns inward. Todd Haynes' chilling, mesmerizing, and critically acclaimed film has been restored in 4K for its recent 20th anniversary. [119 min; drama; English]
"But part of what makes Todd Haynes's Safe the most provocative American art film of the year so far—fascinating, troubling, scary, indelible—is that it can't be entirely understood. The mystery and ambiguity missing from mainstream movies are all the more precious, magical, even sexy here." — Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
"Todd Haynes' Safe grips you with its air of antiseptic malevolence and leaves you gasping. You feel as disoriented as the protagonist, a young housewife suffering from 20th-century disease." — Geoff Revere, The Globe and Mail
"Safe is smart, challenging and provocative—a film that gives you plenty to chew on, long after Carol's sad tale has wound down." — Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
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