Frank and April, a married couple in the 1950s, have always seen themselves as special,
different, ready and willing to live their lives based on higher ideals. So, as soon as they
move into their new house on Revolutionary Road, they proudly declare their independence
from the suburban inertia that surrounds them and determine never to be trapped by the
social confines of their era. Yet for all their charm, beauty and irreverence, the Wheelers
find themselves becoming exactly what they didn't expect: a good man with a routine job
whose nerve has gone missing; a less-than-happy homemaker starving for fulfillment and
passion; an American family with lost dreams, like any other. Driven to change their fates,
April hatches an audacious plan to start all over again, to leave the comforts of Connecticut
behind for the great unknown of Paris. But when the plan is put in motion, each spouse is
pushed to extremes--one to escape whatever the cost, the other to save all that ...(more)
Frank and April, a married couple in the 1950s, have always seen themselves as special,
different, ready and willing to live their lives based on higher ideals. So, as soon as they
move into their new house on Revolutionary Road, they proudly declare their independence
from the suburban inertia that surrounds them and determine never to be trapped by the
social confines of their era. Yet for all their charm, beauty and irreverence, the Wheelers
find themselves becoming exactly what they didn't expect: a good man with a routine job
whose nerve has gone missing; a less-than-happy homemaker starving for fulfillment and
passion; an American family with lost dreams, like any other. Driven to change their fates,
April hatches an audacious plan to start all over again, to leave the comforts of Connecticut
behind for the great unknown of Paris. But when the plan is put in motion, each spouse is
pushed to extremes--one to escape whatever the cost, the other to save all that they have,
no matter the compromises. (less)
