Revolutionary Road (2008) -

From director Sam Mendes ( American Beauty ) comes a searing portrait of a marriage at war with itself.

Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet) are not like the other young couples on their leafy Connecticut street. They are dreamers, artists, the kind of people destined for greatness. But ten years into a marriage of frayed edges and broken promises, the passion has curdled into resentment. revolutionary road (2008)

Title: Revolutionary Road (2008): The Suburban Lie, Dissected From director Sam Mendes ( American Beauty )

Leo and Kate reunite post-Titanic, but there’s no orchestra playing. Just the sound of two people slowly murdering each other’s souls with polite conversation. It’s brutal. It’s beautiful. Michael Shannon shows up for three scenes and walks away with the whole movie. But ten years into a marriage of frayed

Desperate to reclaim the spark, April devises a radical plan to abandon their hollow existence and start a new life in Paris. For one brief moment, the future shines again. But when a promotion tempts Frank to stay, and a neighbor’s mentally ill son (Michael Shannon) exposes their deepest lies, the Wheeler’s perfect rebellion shatters into a tragedy of shattering intimacy.