All That Heaven Allows

Dir. Douglas Sirk. 1955, 89 mins. U.S. 35mm. With Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead. Brilliantly shot with expressionistic hues and elaborate compositions, All That Heaven Allows is an indictment of 1950s small-town America that follows the heartbreaking May-December romance between a well-to-do suburban widow and a lower-class bohemian gardener. Played with melting intensity by Wyman and Hudson at their most entrancing, this couple contends with condemnation from friends, family, and neighbors, leading to social estrangement. Perhaps the greatest of Sirk’s glorious melodramas, All That Heaven Allows traces the melancholy transition of the seasons from crisp autumnal glory to deeply snow-blanketed winter, perfectly expressing the heartrending interiority of the beautifully wrought characters. 

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