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Revolutionary Road (2008)

Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road
R
Drama
Documentary
Romance

Release Date
December 19, 2008
Director
Sam Mendes
Runtime
119
Main Genre
Drama
Writers
Justin Haythe , Richard Yates
Tagline
How do you break free without breaking apart?

Summary

Frank and April, a married couple in the 1950s, have always seen themselves as special, different, ready and willing to live their lives based on higher ideals. So, as soon as they move into their new house on Revolutionary Road, they proudly declare their independence from the suburban inertia that surrounds them and determine never to be trapped by the social confines of their era. Yet for all their charm, beauty and irreverence, the Wheelers find themselves becoming exactly what they didnâ¿¿t expect: a good man with a routine job whose nerve has gone missing; a less-than-happy homemaker starving for fulfillment and passion; an American family with lost dreams, like any other. Driven to change their fates, April hatches an audacious plan to start all over again, to leave the comforts of Connecticut behind for the great unknown of Paris. But when the plan is put in motion, each spouse is pushed to extremes--one to escape whatever the cost, the other to save all that they have, no matter the compromises.

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