Safe

Julianne Moore stars as a housewife who suffers from a mysterious illness in Todd Haynes’ blend of horror and existential Americana.

Todd Haynes is now a staple of arthouse cinema, but before this he was crafting one of the most talked-about films of the 90s. A blend of horror and existential Americana, Safe is a character study of a suburban housewife, Carol White (Julianne Moore) possibly suffering from a mysterious environmentally-caused illness that produces strange and unpredictable reactions.