Douglas Sirk skewers the social mores of 1950s small-town America in this pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama.

Cary Scott (Wyman), an upper-class widow, falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth gardener (Hudson). Facing disapproval from her adult children and her country club friends, Cary must decide whether to prioritise love or conformity. Director Douglas Sirk skewers the social mores of 1950s small-town America in this pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama. 

All That Heaven Allows is screening as part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film, a major UK-wide season from the BFI celebrating cinema's biggest emotions and heightened dramatics from around the world.

The performance on Mon 1 Dec, 6.15pm will be preceded by an introduction to the film by Dr Ellen Wright, Senior Lecturer in Cinema and Television History at De Montfort University.