IFWT #28 - Safe (1995)

In 1987, a Los Angeles housewife finds her health deteriorating for no apparent reason, and with an indifferent husband, uncaring friends and doctors who can do nothing to help her, she takes matters into her own hands. Convinced that she’s suffering from so-called ‘environmental illnesses’, she seeks out a retreat in the countryside, a facility for those who share her ailment. But is there any merit in the retreat’s methods? Are the staff on the up and up? And why does the facility’s owner live in a mansion while everyone else lives in a cabin? 

This week we’re looking at the second feature film from Palme D’Or nominees Todd Haynes, a movie that has been called one of the best films of the 90s, as well as the scariest movies of 1995. Does the film truly deserve these plaudits? Have a listen and find out what we have to say about it.