Safe is a 1995 British/American drama/thriller written and directed by Todd Haynes, and produced by Christine Vachon. It was voted the best film of the 1990s in the 1999 Village Voice Film Poll. Set in an affluent neighbourhood of the San Fernando Valley in 1987, the film recounts the life of a seemingly unremarkable homemaker, Carol White who develops multiple chemical sensitivity . MCS is a medically controversial diagnosis in which a person develops mild to severe non-specific symptoms and believes that these symptoms are triggered by chemicals found in everyday household and industrial... products. Carol passes her days with activities such as gardening, taking clothes to the dry cleaners, and attending aerobics classes. Her marriage is stable but devoid of emotional intimacy, and her son is actually a stepson from her husband's previous marriage. Her friendships are polite but distant.
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| Release date: | 1995 |
| Directed by: | Todd Haynes |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 119 Minutes |
| Producer: | Christine Vachon, Lauren Zalaznick |
| Editor: | James Lyons |
| Cinematography: | Alex Nepomniaschy |
| Screenplay by: | Todd Haynes |
| Genre: | Thriller |