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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016

This strand will be augmented by event The Talented Miss Highsmith: What She Did for Love - An illustrated talk by Joan Schenkar, Patricia Highsmith’s acclaimed biographer on June 25.

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Carol Carol
Carol and Deep Water
Carol (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Todd Haynes; Writer: Phyllis Nagy, based on the book by Patricia Highsmith; Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Cory Michael Smith)
A department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Full Review See: Christine Vachon and Elizabeth Karlsen in conversation on Carol
, Todd Haynes and Phyllis Nagy at the Carol press conference
, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and Todd Haynes talk about Carol in Cannes
Deep Water (Eaux profondes) (Country: France; Year: 1981; Director: Michel Deville; Writer: Florence Delay, Michel Deville, Christopher Frank, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith; Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sandrine Kljajic, Éric Frey, Christian Benedetti, Bruce Myers, Bertrand Bonvoisin, Jean-Luc Moreau, Robin Renucci, Philippe Clévenot, Martine Costes, Evelyne Didi, Jean-Michel Dupuis, Bernard Freyd, Anne Head)
A woman enjoys extramarital flirtations with the apparent blessing of her husband, but things soon begin to shift into dangerous territory.
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