
Notes on a Scandal(2006)
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.


“Truth is more shocking than fiction.”
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.

Julianne Moore
Barbara Baekeland

Stephen Dillane
Brooks Baekeland

Eddie Redmayne
Tony Baekeland

Anne Reid
Nini Daly

Elena Anaya
Blanca

Hugh Dancy
Sam Green
Martin Huberty
Aschwin Lippe

Minnie Marx
Midge Vanden Heuvel

Jim Arnold
Joost Vanden Heuvel

Mapi Galán
Simone Lippe
Savage Grace is a drama film released in 2007 exploring themes of adultery, infidelity, mother, son, scandal, concierge. Directed by Tom Kalin, it stars Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne. This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
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