Arquivo

The film tells the incredible true story of Barbara Daly, who married to Brooks Baekeland, heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. Beautiful, red-headed and charismatic, Barbara is still no match for her well-bred husband. The birth of the couple’ only child Tony rocks the uneasy balance in this marriage of extremes. Tony is a failure in his father’ eyes. He matures and becomes increasingly close to his lonely mother. The film unfolds in six acts, from 1946 to 1972, when Barbara is murdered. The Baekelands pursue social distinction and the so-called “good life” in New York, Paris, Mallorca and London. But a huge scandal will shake the society and change the course of the family forever.