Savage Grace – Beautifully Disturbing

Last weekend I saw two films at the Tribeca Film Festival. The long and annoying standing in line almost made me regret having bought the tickets. But the movie I saw on Saturday rewarded me for my patience. I was truly impressed by the New York premiere of “Savage Grace”, directed by Tom Kalin. The film dramatizes the real-life story of the charismatic high-society mother Barbara Daly Baekeland and her son Tony. Their close, incestuous relationship, ended as one of the most memorable American tragedies: Tony murdered his mother in their London apartment in 1972.

A sensual and grand decadent tour. Queasily fascinating, coolly compassionate, “Savage Grace” is a mesmerizing portrait of love run wildly, tragically amok. (David Ansen, Newsweek)

Amazing. The early vote for best portrayal of social life in a 2008 film is Savage Grace. Like “Death in Venice” meets “The Great Gatsby” on the “Psycho” lot. (Billy Norwich, Vogue)

I didn’t know much about this film and was therefore pretty surprised and disturbed by the film’s intensity and subject…

Savage Grace is certainly a controversial and provocative film. I am disturbed and fascinated by this movie at the same time:

After the screening, director David Kalin and screenwriter Howard A. Rodman answered questions from the audience. I was surprised learning that they filmed the entire movie in Spain within only thirty days! David Kalin recommended reading the book “Savage Grace” by Natalie Robins and Stephen M.L. Aronson – a real page turner, as he said.

The theatrical release in NYC is planned for end of May/beginning of June. Click here to watch the trailer, learn more about the film, and read other reviews.

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