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May 19, 2012

Cate Blanchett and Mia Wazikowska star in lesbian drama based on novel The Price of Salt

Australian actress Cate Blanchett is set to play one of the two leads in a film version of Patricia Highsmith’s lesbian classic The Price of Salt.

The drama will be retitled Carol after the lead character in The Price of Salt, a novel which became notorious in 1952 because of its lesbian content.

It shocked audiences because of the happy ending for the two women. It was previously common in literature for any homosexual character to die, convert, or to live in misery by the end.

May 19, 2012

Cate Blanchett and Mia Wazikowska star in lesbian drama based on novel The Price of Salt

Australian actress Cate Blanchett is set to play one of the two leads in a film version of Patricia Highsmith’s lesbian classic The Price of Salt.

The drama will be retitled Carol after the lead character in The Price of Salt, a novel which became notorious in 1952 because of its lesbian content.

It shocked audiences because of the happy ending for the two women. It was previously common in literature for any homosexual character to die, convert, or to live in misery by the end.