What do you do when your life doesn’t turn out the way you’d hoped? The film Revolutionary Road explores this possibility. It is a film about life in the American suburbs in Connecticut in the 1950s. It focuses on an American couple and their feelings of inadequacy, superiority and disappointment. It was directed by Sam Mendes and stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Frank and April Wheeler are the couple who seem to have everything. They are attractive, they have a lovely house and two small children. But trouble is brewing. April has a strong desire to pursue an acting career, and Frank hates his job and drinks too much.