Ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwe Sam Mendes, efilimini yakhe yesine yileyo eshaqisayo Kate Winslet ihlanganiswe futhi Leonardo DiCaprio, bobabili bahlanganisa umbhangqwana osenkingeni, efilimini ebizwa ngokuthi "Revolutionary Road".
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi nanye beqala ukubonakala njengezithandani "Titanic", Kule filimu bazithola bebhekene nenkinga eyenzeka eminyakeni edlule lapho behlangene njengombhangqwana, kufanele babekezelele izingane, amasiko, kanye nabo ngokwabo, eNew York eminyakeni yamashumi amahlanu.
Phambilini uMendes uke wasihlaba umxhwele ngomugqa wakhe omuhle futhi othambile awufinyelela kubuntu nokuziphatha kwabalingisi. Sengivele nginayo "Ubuhle baseMelika”(“ Ubuhle BaseMelika ”) usenze samangala nge-akhawunti yakhe engcolile “yendlela yokuphila yaseMelika”. Hhayi-ke, kule filimu akasemuva kakhulu, futhi uzibophezele ekuphindaphindeni lo mqondo kathathu.
UKate udlala u-April, owesifazane okwadingeka alahle amaphupho akhe okuba umlingisi, ukuze abe umama wekhaya ofanelekayo, umama nomfazi, endaweni yabesifazane abahle, ukuze ahambisane ngokuphelele nalokho umphakathi okubeka kubo. Ngakho-ke, indaba igxile embonweni kaWinslet, esekelwe eqinisweni lokuthi umqondisi wagcizelela kakhulu indima yabesifazane endaweni ekahle yaseNyakatho Melika.
Ifilimu isuselwe encwadini ka URichard Yates, "Umgwaqo Ovukelayo”, Wavela ngo-1961 ezitolo zezincwadi e-United States. Amaphuzu abalulekile esakhiwo esingaphelelwa isikhathi agcinwa ekuzivumelaniseni, nakuba izici eziningi zencwadi azikwazanga ukwehliselwa kuskripthi ngenxa yokungasebenzi kahle kokukhiqizwa.
Le filimu isivele ikhishwe ezinkundleni zemidlalo yeshashalazi e-United States, kanti izotholakala emhlabeni wonke ngoJanuwari wonyaka ozayo.