A Single Man

A Single Man (12A) 100 mins

Director: Tom Ford

Screenplay: Tom Ford and David Scearce from Christopher Isherwood's novel

Cinematography: Eduard Grau

Original music: Abel Korzeniowski

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer (Colin Firth), a 52-year-old British college professor who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner Jim (Matthew Goode). George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters ultimately leads him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend Charley (Julianne Moore), a troubled 48-year-old who is wrestling with her own questions about the future. A young student of George's, Kenny (Nicholas Hoult, About a Boy, Wah-Wah), who is coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit. A Single Man is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.

Oscar nominations: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Colin Firth.

"Life, death and living in the moment are the themes of Tom Ford's sublimely thought provoking film about a man who decides today will be different. Based on Christopher Isherwood's novel, it's an impressive debut for fashion designer Ford who wrote, produced and directed the film. But even more impressive is Colin Firth's wonderfully nuanced performance as the serious, hung-up and grief-stricken George who doesn't want to live in a world in which there is no time for sentiment. While its themes may be serious, our journey is coloured by the light and shade of the little things, which pieced together form a compelling whole." Urban Cinefile

"While A Single Man has its flaws, many of these fade in view of the performance and the power of Isherwood’s story. Part of the radical importance of Isherwood’s novel is its insistence on the absolute ordinariness of George’s life, including with Jim, whose relationship together is pictured only briefly in both the novel and the film, and yet reverberates deeply (then as now). Mr. Ford’s single man might be less common than Isherwood’s, a bit too exquisitely dressed. But with Mr. Firth, Mr. Ford has created a gay man troubled by ordinary grief and haunted by joy, a man apart and yet like any other." New York Times

For more information, and to see a trailer and stills, visit the official website at www.asingleman-movie.com

Showing:

22-June Enford CANCELLED

06-July Appleshaw CANCELLED

Last modified: 09-Jun-2010

A Single Man (12A) 100 mins

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