CAROL Teaser Trailer Don’t miss the first CAROL teaser trailer! The film, directed by Todd Haynes (I’m Not There, Far from Heaven), stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, and Sarah Paulson. CAROL will be released in theaters on November 20. Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.