Savage Grace

Summary: A dramatization of the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which happened in a posh London flat on Friday 17 November 1972. The bloody crime caused a stir on both sides of the Atlantic and remains one of the most memorabl...

Release Date: May 30, 2008

Genre: Drama

Director: Tom Kalin

Writers: Howard A. Rodman

, Natalie Robins

, Steven M.L. Aronson

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Celluloid Dreams, Montfort Producciones, Killer Films, Celluloid Dreams, John Wells Productions, ATO Pictures, 120dB Films, A Contraluz Films, Videntia Frames, Ministerio de Cultura, Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC), ICF Institut Català de Finances, Televisió de Catalunya (TV3)

Distributor: IFC Films, Dreamachine

Countries: France, Spain, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,600,000

Domestic: $ 435,746

International: $ 997,053

Box office:

Budget:$4.6MDomestic:$435.7KInternational:$997.1KWorldwide:$1.4M

Adaptation/remake:

based on true story

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44% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

29% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White64.71%Latino23.53%Asian5.88%Jewish5.88%

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Violence3/5
Sex5/5
Language5/5
Drugs3/5

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Message 0/5	The idle rich discuss hypothetical actions for $10 million -- eating human flesh, sleeping with a friend. Much is made of the differences between the well-off and the less-fortunate. A character quotes their great-grandfather's axiom that "One of the uses of money is that it allows one not to live with the consequences of our mistakes." Many sexual taboos are violated heedlessly and eagerly (including a woman who has a sexual relationship with her own son).
Violence 3/5	Guns are fired; viewers see the aftermath of a suicide attempt, including bloody wounds; a character is fatally stabbed.
Sex 5/5	Lots of graphic discussion of sex, and extensive male and female nudity (including full-frontal female). Moore's character actively seeks out random encounters with strangers and is seen in lingerie; in one scene, her hand is shown on a partner's pants fly as she prepares to manually stimulate him (the actual act isn't shown on screen). There's rough (albeit consensual) sex; same-sex encounters between consenting adults, extended scenes of sexual activity and orgasm. An experimental sexual act between two underage boys is implied, and a three-person sexual encounter is seen when Moore's character begins a sexual relationship with her own son.
Language 5/5	Language includes "f--k" and "f--king," "tits," "ass," (in both English and French), "c--ks," "s--t," "whore," "c--t," "come," and more.
Consumerism 0/5	Brands like Chanel are mentioned, and there's extensive discussion of "Bakelite," the first synthetic material (and the source of the Baekeland fortune).
Drugs 3/5	Lots of period-accurate cigarette smoking, plus cigar smoking, marijuana use, constant drinking and discussion of hangovers, etc. A supporting character smuggles hashish; another character abuses sleeping aids as part of a suicide attempt.