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''Far from Heaven'' is a 2002 American period {{melodrama}} film written and directed by Creator/ToddHaynes, starring Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/DennisHaysbert, Creator/PatriciaClarkson, and Creator/ViolaDavis.

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''Far from Heaven'' is a 2002 American period {{melodrama}} film written and directed by Creator/ToddHaynes, Creator/ToddHaynes and starring Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/DennisHaysbert, Creator/PatriciaClarkson, and Creator/ViolaDavis.
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''Far from Heaven'' is a 2002 American period {{melodrama}} film written and directed by Creator/ToddHaynes, starring Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/DennisHaysbert, and Creator/PatriciaClarkson.

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''Far from Heaven'' is a 2002 American period {{melodrama}} film written and directed by Creator/ToddHaynes, starring Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/DennisHaysbert, Creator/PatriciaClarkson, and Creator/PatriciaClarkson.
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* NotSoDifferent: When Raymond tells Cathy that people have been throwing rocks through his window (angered about their relationship), she furiously denounces it, then is stunned when he tells her that it's ''black'' people who have been doing it.
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* YourCheatingHeart: One night, Cathy walks into her husband's office to find him kissing another man.

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Cathy and Frank eventually agree to a divorce so he could embrace his sexuality and find happiness with a man he loves and for Cathy to find happiness with Raymond.



* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Cathy and Frank eventually agree to a divorce so he could embrace his sexuality and find happiness with a man he loves and for Cathy to find happiness with Raymond.

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: TheLoinsSleepTonight: Frank attempts to make love with Cathy and Frank eventually agree only to a divorce so he could embrace his sexuality and find happiness with a man he loves and for Cathy be unable to find happiness with Raymond.become aroused.



* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Frank attempts to make love with Cathy only to be unable to become aroused.



* ScreenToStageAdaptation: A musical adaptation with book by Richard Greenberg, music by Scott Frankel, and lyrics by Michael Korie opened off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on June 2, 2013 until July 7, 2013 starring Kelli O'Hara as Cathy Whitaker, Steven Pasquale as Frank, and Isaiah Johnson. as Raymond Deagan.



* YourCheatingHeart: One night, Cathy walks into her husband's office to find him kissing another man.

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* YourCheatingHeart: One night, Cathy walks into her husband's office to find him kissing another man.man.
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* GenreThrowback: To melodramas of the 1950s, in particular the films of Creator/DouglasSirk.
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->''"What imprisons desires of the heart?"''
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In 1950s Connecticut, upper-middle-class suburban housewife (Moore) Cathy Whitaker sees her perfect life start to fall apart as she faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.

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In 1950s Connecticut, upper-middle-class suburban housewife (Moore) Cathy Whitaker (Moore) sees her perfect life start to fall apart as she faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
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''Far from Heaven'' is a 2002 American period drama written and directed by Creator/ToddHaynes, starring Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/DennisHaysbert, and Creator/PatriciaClarkson.

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''Far from Heaven'' is a 2002 American period drama {{melodrama}} film written and directed by Creator/ToddHaynes, starring Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/DennisHaysbert, and Creator/PatriciaClarkson.
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Far From Heaven is a 2002 american period drama written and directed by Creator/ToddHaynes.

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife (Creator/JulianneMoore) living in wealthy suburban sees her perfect life start to fall apart as she faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.

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Far From Heaven ''Far from Heaven'' is a 2002 american American period drama written and directed by Creator/ToddHaynes.

Creator/ToddHaynes, starring Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/DennisHaysbert, and Creator/PatriciaClarkson.

In 1950s Connecticut, a upper-middle-class suburban housewife (Creator/JulianneMoore) living in wealthy suburban (Moore) Cathy Whitaker sees her perfect life start to fall apart as she faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.world.



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* {{Retraux}}: Set in TheFifties, this movie imitates the look of movies produced back then, specifically Creator/DouglasSirk's movies -- the plot is almost lifted from ''Film/AllThatHeavenAllows''. The score is by Music/ElmerBernstein, who composed music for several famous films in the '50s.

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* {{Retraux}}: Set in TheFifties, this movie imitates the look and feel of movies produced back then, specifically Creator/DouglasSirk's movies the melodramas of Creator/DouglasSirk -- the plot is almost lifted from ''Film/AllThatHeavenAllows''. The score is by Music/ElmerBernstein, who composed music for several famous films in the '50s.

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* DidNotGetTheGuy: Cathy tells Raymond that they can be together now that she's single but he rejects her to the racism plaguing the town they both live in.

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* CureYourGays: Frank seeks therapy to get over his homosexuality.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The treatment of Frank's homosexuality--seeking therapy to fix it, and the reaction to Cathy's interracial fling.
* DidNotGetTheGuy: Cathy tells Raymond that they can be together now that she's single but he rejects her due to the racism plaguing the town they both live in.in and tells her that he's planning to take his daughter and move away. Cathy impulsively suggests that she come with them and that they make a fresh start elsewhere, but he sadly tells her that the reaction to their relationship would be negative no matter where they went.


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* DoubleStandard[=/=]{{Hypocrite}}: Frank has cheated on Cathy, but is enraged at the rumors of her ''possible'' infidelity with Raymond. (There's also the implication that it adds insult to injury that her lover is a black man).
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Played with. Cathy and Raymond's fling is the "good" one, but even though Frank's is technically "bad", it's presented sympathetically due to his struggling with his homosexuality.


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* ManlyTears: Frank breaks down upon telling Cathy that he's fallen in love with another man, swearing to her that he genuinely tried to "make it go away" so as to preserve their family.
* NotSoDifferent: When Raymond tells Cathy that people have been throwing rocks through his window (angered about their relationship), she furiously denounces it, then is stunned when he tells her that it's ''black'' people who have been doing it.


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* SignificantWardrobeShift: At the film's conclusion, Cathy is wearing a suit with a pencil skirt rather than the puffy swing skirts and dresses she's worn throughout the film, implying that she's developing into a more independent woman.
* StepfordSmiler: Cathy. She babbles on about random nonsense after catching her husband with another man and won't even get upset after he accidentally hits her. This makes the scene where she bawls her eyes out after losing Frank ''and'' Raymond all the more wrenching.
* StepfordSuburbia: And ''how''. ''Everything'' and ''everyone'' in this town looks absolutely perfect, but Frank and Cathy's marriage is miserable due to his homosexuality, and the supposedly liberal townspeople are bigoted.
* TrainStationGoodbye: Between Cathy and Raymond. No words are even spoken, she just gets there in time to see the train pulling away and exchange a goodbye wave with him.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Despite an incredibly strong attraction, Cathy and Raymond never even kiss.
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* {{Retraux}}: The film, set in TheFifties, imitates the look of movies produced back then, specifically Creator/DouglasSirk's movies -- the plot is almost lifted from ''Film/AllThatHeavenAllows''. The score is by Music/ElmerBernstein, who composed music for several famous films in the '50s.

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* {{Retraux}}: The film, set Set in TheFifties, this movie imitates the look of movies produced back then, specifically Creator/DouglasSirk's movies -- the plot is almost lifted from ''Film/AllThatHeavenAllows''. The score is by Music/ElmerBernstein, who composed music for several famous films in the '50s.

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Far From Heaven is a 2002 american period drama written and directed by Todd Haynes. Starring
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife (Julianne Moore) living in wealthy suburban sees her perfect life start to fall apart as she faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.

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Far From Heaven is a 2002 american period drama written and directed by Todd Haynes. Starring
Creator/ToddHaynes.

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife (Julianne Moore) (Creator/JulianneMoore) living in wealthy suburban sees her perfect life start to fall apart as she faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.



* IncompatibleOrientation: Cathy, who is straight with her husband Frank, who is a closeted homosexual.

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* IncompatibleOrientation: Cathy, who is straight straight, with her husband Frank, who is a closeted homosexual.


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* {{Retraux}}: The film, set in TheFifties, imitates the look of movies produced back then, specifically Creator/DouglasSirk's movies -- the plot is almost lifted from ''Film/AllThatHeavenAllows''. The score is by Music/ElmerBernstein, who composed music for several famous films in the '50s.
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* DidNotGetTheGuy: Cathy tells Raymond that they can be together now that she's single but he rejects her to the racism plaguing the town they both live in.


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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Cathy and Frank eventually agree to a divorce so he could embrace his sexuality and find happiness with a man he loves and for Cathy to find happiness with Raymond.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: When a neighbor sees Cathy talking with Raymond in a bar located in a black neighborhood, she tells everyone. The town is soon ablaze with gossip about the two of them.

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* Incompatible Orientation: Cathy, who is straight with her husband Frank, who is a closeted homosexual.

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* Incompatible Orientation: DomesticAbuse: Frank strikes Cathy when she tries to console him about his impotency.
* IncompatibleOrientation:
Cathy, who is straight with her husband Frank, who is a closeted homosexual.homosexual.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Frank attempts to make love with Cathy only to be unable to become aroused.
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* TheAlcoholic: Frank turns to the bottle to cope with his many problems.
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* AmouredClosetGay: Frank who is married to Cathy but is a closeted homosexual and secretly frequents gay bars and affairs with another closeted man.

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* AmouredClosetGay: ArmouredClosetGay: Frank who is married to Cathy but is a closeted homosexual and secretly frequents gay bars and affairs with another closeted man.
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* AmouredClosetGay: Frank who is married to Cathy but is a closeted homosexual and secretly frequents gay bars and affairs with another closeted man.
* ComingOutStory: Cathy's husband Frank struggles with his homosexuality and eventually tells her about his troubles with boys growing up as a child.
* Incompatible Orientation: Cathy, who is straight with her husband Frank, who is a closeted homosexual.
* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: Frank has been frequently exploring the underground world of gay bars according to the police.
* YourCheatingHeart: One night, Cathy walks into her husband's office to find him kissing another man.

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In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.

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Far From Heaven is a 2002 american period drama written and directed by Todd Haynes. Starring
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife (Julianne Moore) living in wealthy suburban sees her perfect life start to fall apart as she faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.world.
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In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.

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