All That Heaven Allows

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In a manicured middle-class suburb, society widow Cary Scott falls for handsome young gardener Ron Kirby. Wholesome, grounded and entirely at ease with himself, Ron is a breath of fresh air. But his folksy authenticity and down-to-earth view of the world has no place at the country club. Class friction and nosy neighbours soon threaten the romance, placing hurdles between our heroes and happiness.

A profoundly felt film about class and conformity in small-town America, All That Heaven Allows is a pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama.