Stars: Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Susan Norman, Xander Berkeley, James Le Gros

Director: Todd Haynes

Summary: Carol White is a bored, affluent housewife who develops a mystery illness which is affected by every aspect of the world around her. Eventually, in searching for what is 'safe' she seeks the solace of a 'clinic' in the Texas desert where the inhabitants drag their own oxygen cylinders around with them. The film provides an insight into the largely-ignored illness known as Multiple Chemical Sensitivity which usually affects women in their 20s and 30s.

SAFE is an unnerving story about a housewife, Carol (brilliantly played by Julianne Moore), who falls physically and psychologically ill from her environment. Director Todd Haynes casts an instantly eerie spell with hypnotic cinematography as Carol's stoic, perfect world is introduced. Her home is exquisite, her husband (Xander Berkeley) loving, her son (Chauncey Leopardi) typical, her best friend loyal. But after Carol learns her friend Linda's (Susan Norman) brother has died mysteriously, Carol begins to experience her own strange symptoms. Her illness eventually transforms her seemingly protected, upper middle-class existence into a terror of everyday life. She becomes so ill--with her doctor and friends concluding it's all psychological--that she begins to investigate a cult-like healing center that provides a protective bubble from what its followers call "the twentieth century disease"--a kind of allergy to everything modern or chemical. With its stunning art direction and an impressive performance by its star, SAFE is both a chilling tale of existential dread and a witty commentary on modern suburban life.

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Aspect Ratio:	Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	Star And Director Filmographies, Scene Selection, Rich Cline Film Notes, World Cinema Trailer Reel, Audio Commentary With Actress Julianne Moore Director Todd Haynes And Producer Christine Vachon, Original Trailer
Year:	1995
Release Date:	October 27, 2003
Runtime:	114 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	T V D 3428
Keywords:	Off, General, Wide, Screen, Safe, Drama, Schedule
Genre:	Drama