Set in the 1950s, ‘Carol’ follows a young New York City department store employee named Therese as she falls in love with an older woman, Carol, who frequents the store. Kyle Chandler plays Carol’s husband, who quickly forms his own suspicions concerning his wife’s new friendship with Therese.
The original 1952 romance novel (which Highsmith originally published under a pseudonym, having predicted public outrage over the queer storyline) was very popular among lesbians of the time period — not all that surprising, due to the unconventional characters that defied stereotypes.
