Savage Grace (2007)

A dramatization of the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which happened in a posh London flat on Friday 17 November 1972. The bloody crime caused a stir on both sides of the Atlantic and remains one of the most memorable American Tragedies...

Director:

Tom Kalin

Writers:

Howard A. Rodman (screenplay), Natalie Robins (book),

Stars:

Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Anne Reid

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julianne Moore	...	Barbara Baekeland
Stephen Dillane	...	Brooks Baekeland
Anne Reid	...	Nini Daly
Martin Huber	...	Aschwin Lippe
Minnie Marx	...	Midge Vanden Heuvel
Jim Arnold	...	Joost Vanden Heuvel
Mapi Galán	...	Simone Lippe
Barney Clark	...	Tony at 12
Abel Folk	...	Carlos Durán
Belén Rueda	...	Pilar Durán
Simón Andreu	...	Jean Pierre Souvestre
Eddie Redmayne	...	Antony Baekeland
Elena Anaya	...	Blanca
Unax Ugalde	...	Black Jake Martínez
Melina Matthews	...	Lorna Moffat

Storyline

The true story of the beautiful and charismatic Barbara Daly, who married above her class to Brooks Baekeland, heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. Their only child is a failure in his father's eyes, and as he matures and becomes increasingly close to his lonely mother, the seeds for tragedy are sown.

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Plot Keywords:

bakelite plastic | plastic | heir | murder | fortune | 

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Taglines:

Truth is more shocking than fiction.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [jp]

Country:

Spain USA France

Language:

English French Spanish

Release Date:

25 January 2008 (Spain)

Also Known As:

A szerelem kegyelme

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

$4,600,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$22,311 (USA) (30 May 2008)

Gross:

$434,417 (USA) (15 August 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Celluloid Dreams, Montfort Producciones, Killer Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The beach scenes were shot during a high tourist season, and according to Tom Kalin, German nudists were the most common tourists at the location. They had to be wrangled out of some shots, much to the consternation of the crew, and to Julianne Moore, whose daughter Liv was on set.

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Goofs

While Barbara and Antony are sitting in a bistro she incorrectly states and attributes the quote "when a man is tired of Paris he is tired of life" she states it is by Fitzgerald or Hemingway. The correct quote is "when a man is tired of London he is tired of life", and it is by Samuel Johnson.

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Quotes

Antony Baekeland: [Tony quoting something his grandfather used to say] "One of the uses of money is that it allows us not to live with the consequences of our mistakes."

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Connections

Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Episode dated 31 May 2008 (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Lullaby for Tony"
Written and Performed by Dawn Landes
(c) Cropduster Music (BMI)

User Reviews

Quite good, actually

The film is different. It does stand out amongst hundreds of "seen-this-before" flicks.

Juliane Moore is great, of course.

One of her best performances, actually.

The film has the atmosphere that is hard to find these days; moves kind of slowly but the tension continually grows so you know something (bad) is going to happen eventually although you have no idea what.

Cannot understand certain opinions here which, I have a feeling, have been written without even watching the film or, simply, for some unknown reasons, out of spite.

See it. It is really good.