Safe

"In the 21st century nobody will be… Safe."

1995 1h 59m EN

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7.0

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7.1

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★7.0TMDB · 367🍅87%Rotten Tomatoes●76Metacritic★7.1IMDB · 19,637

Drama

Synopsis

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Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.

“In the 21st century nobody will be… Safe.”

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Cast

Julianne Moore
Carol
Xander Berkeley
Greg
Peter Friedman
Peter Dunning
James Le Gros
Chris
Dean Norris
Mover
Julie Burgess
Aerobics Instructor
Ronnie Farer
Barbara
Jodie Markell
Anita

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Todd Haynes
Writers: Todd Haynes
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 51% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Todd Haynes, shot by Alex Nepomniaschy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ed Tomney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor James Lyons shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Todd Haynes directs. Alex Nepomniaschy behind the camera. Ed Tomney scores. James Lyons cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 51% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
331 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
6Directed by Todd Haynes, shot by Alex Nepomniaschy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Ed Tomney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor James Lyons shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Julianne Moore and Xander Berkeley and Peter Friedman carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "In the 21st century nobody will be… Safe.".
11IMDB entry: tt0114323 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 20 themes, including "pollution", "quarantine", "chemical", "allegory".
13Released under 16 different titles around the world.