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Decided by a panel of 100 film experts, "Carol" topped a list
of 30 films from more than 80 years of cinema history, followed
closely by British director Andrew Haigh's "Weekend" and Hong
Kong romantic drama "Happy Together".
The poll, that featured films from 12 countries including
Thailand, Japan, Sweden, and Spain, was conducted to mark the
30th anniversary of BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival which
is Britain's longest running lesbian and gay film event.
"Carol's win excites us because it's great to see a film about
two women in love enjoy such prominence, particularly given
cinema's relative lack of lesbian content," said Tricia Tuttle,
deputy head of festivals BFI.
The film "Carol", based on the 1952 novel "The Price of Salt" by
Patricia Highsmith, is the story of a wealthy married woman (Blanchett)
who falls in love with an ambitious New York shop girl played by
Rooney Mara in the 1950s.
It received critical acclaim upon its release last year, earning
six Academy Award nominations including best actress and best
supporting actress and nine BAFTA nominations although it did
not win at either award ceremony.
Director Todd Haynes said "Carol" was in illustrious company on
the list with other films including "Brokeback Mountain", "Un
Chant d’Amour" and "My Own Private Idaho".
The film rated second, "Weekend", a 2011 gay romance, hit the
headlines this month when it was given the worst possible rating
by an influential Catholic Church body.
The Vatican-based Italian Conference of Bishops' Film Evaluation
Commission rated the film "not advised, unusuable, scabrous" and
its distributor Teodora Film had to scale back its release in
Italy where some cinemas are owned by the church.
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