Julianne Moore plays a woman who had an affair with a minor. Natalie Portman plays the actress who is going to play her.
Todd Haynes often presents us with characters going through, if not facing, extraordinary circumstances. The film is also about appearances, love and the ways it adapts over the years. It is Julianne Moore's fourth performance in a film by directorTodd Haynes. The scene that everyone talks about is the one in the mirror. With or without nods to Ingmar Bergman, the moment is one of the best in the film.