Antony displayed increasingly signs of schizophrenia with paranoid tendencies he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. When that failed, she apparently tried to have sex with him herself. Baekeland tried to "fix" Tony by hiring prostitutes to have sex with him. Eddie Redmayne is inspired casting, not only for his acting ability but his resemblance to Moore in his coloring. This may have been the gown Karl Lagerfeld designed for Moore when he learned that she was doing the film. She is stunning, particularly in an early scene where she wears a purple gown. Julianne Moore does a wonderful job, portraying both coldness and sexuality. We see Barbara as somewhat depraved and capable of horrible temper outbursts. The film is slow but beautifully photographed, but there is not enough back story to make the characters more accessible to the viewer. Since this is a story about the bored rich, it's a difficult one to keep moving, and it doesn't. All of this boredom and unhappiness leads to tragedy in 1972. At one point, he is a threesome with his mother and the art dealer Sam Green (Dancy). Tony is gay or bisexual, though I don't think in the film he is portrayed as bisexual, and takes up with various lovers. As the years pass, Brooks Baekland (Dillane) leaves Barbara and takes up with Tony's girlfriend, and Barbara travels, bored wherever she goes. Julianne Moore is the beautiful socialite Barbara Baekland, who married into the Bakelite fortune and gave birth to a son, Tony (Redmayne). It is the true story of the Baekland horror show that took place in 1972. Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Stephen Dillane, and Hugh Dancy star in "Savage Grace," a 2007 film directed by Tom Kalin.