A movie, based on a novel of Richard Yetes, which was his first novel published in 1961. The novel was acclaimed and it was chosen by Time in the year 2005 as one of the 100 best English Language novels from 1923. Revolutionary Road novel is adopted for film Revolutionary Road in 2008 by Justin Haythe, and the cast include Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio (their first film together after Titanic). The film was released in late December 2008.
The plot of the Revolutionary Road revolves around a couple who are married for quite sometime, April (Kate) and Frank (Leonardo), who were struggling to cope up with the conformity of life and both were a little not satisfied with their relationship. Their marriage life is not as happy as it appeared to the outer world. April wants to be an actress but she couldn’t make it the opportunity she had. Frank was doing a marketing job where his father worked for 20 years and he simply does not like this job. They live in suburbs with two
children. One day, April suggested that they should move to Paris, where she’ll work as a secretary, and it will be good for Frank as he will have free time to learn what he really want to do, hence giving themselves something to cheer about. In the meantime, she was expecting, and she wanted to have an abortion, which Frank did not agree to and he cancels the plan to go to Paris. They have many arguments and she did the procedure of abortion herself, when Frank was at office. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out and later she died in the hospital. Frank moved to the city with the children and that was the end of it. The acting of Kate and Leonardo is perfect, showing how the couple had their little disagreements and volatility between them and how the way they were not satisfied.
