Carol review

An intense relationship forms between two women in 1950s New York.

Carol is based on Patricia Highsmith’s semi-autobiographical book The Price of Salt, which was originally published in 1952 under a pseudonym to distance herself from the controversy around the representation of a lesbian relationship.

More than 60 years on, that controversy no longer remains an issue and what remains is an utterly beguiling romantic drama led by a pair of terrific performances.