I'm really excited for the new film 'Carol' to come out. It's one of the first films I've heard about being in the cinema that centres around a homosexual couple. Usually, there are homosexual characters but they are smaller and more in the background than the heterosexual ones. From what I know about it, the film follows two women who become friends in the early 1950's. Their relationship develops as the film progresses into romance. I think this film should be really good as the topic of homosexuality would have been controversial in the time that the film is set. Since it is quite relevant to my film opening, I plan to go see it in the cinema asap!

Here is the storyline (sourced from IMDB):
In an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's seminal novel The Price of Salt, CAROL follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara), is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. While Carol breaks free from the confines of marriage, her husband (Kyle Chandler) begins to question her competence as a mother as her involvement with Therese and close relationship with her best friend Abby (Sarah Paulson) come to light.