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Far from Heaven

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

Release Date: January 10, 2003

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Todd Haynes

Writer: Todd Haynes

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Focus Features, Vulcan Productions, Killer Films, Clear Blue Sky Productions, TF1 International, USA Films

Distributor: Kino Lorber, TF1 International, The Criterion Channel, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,500,000

Domestic: $ 15,901,849

International: $ 13,126,065

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