When Carol (Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine, Elizabeth) walks into a New York City department store and meets Theres (Academy Award nominee Roneey Mara, Her, The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo) an unlikely friendship sparks. Carol is an elegant socialite goingthrough a bitter divorce while Therese is just starting out in life; unsure of whoshe wantsto be. Mesmerized by each other, they face a choice: deny their hearts desires or defy society's conventions but in doing so, risk life as they know it. From director Todd Haynes (I'm Not There, Far From Heaven) and based on the best-selling novel, Carol is a powerful romance fuelled by the danger and exhilaration of forbidden love.