Halfway through the Cannes film festival and, if the press conference applause on Sunday is anything to go by, Carol is looking like one of the favorites for the Palme d’Or.
In stark contrast to The Sea of Trees media meet the day before, which was a more tense affair, the assembled cast and production team members of Todd Haynes’ lesbian romance were welcomed to a cacophony of cheers, especially for its main star Cate Blanchett and cinematographer Ed Lachman.
With a female-led cast and producers including Elizabeth Karson and Christine Vachon on the panel, Blanchett responded to the suggestion that the film indicated how the gender balance was improving in filmmaking.
