Far From Heaven

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Far from heaven is a movie that took a place in the 1950s era. Indeed, it features a few issues those were widespread among the American society, such as racism, homosexuality, and class discrimination as well. In the movie, Cathy plays the role of the perfect mother and wife simultaneously who is married to a very successful man, Frank. In addition, Frank plays the role of the sales managers, who is a successful man achieving a huge amount of profit in a company with a high reputation. At that time, their life was just about a good marriage until Cathy has found that her husband is homosexual and interested to another man. In fact, this issue was a shame from Cathy’s point of view that blows her relationship with Frank. However, she could

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