A Single Man

A drama movie about a middle-aged literature professor (Colin Firth) who remembers a deceased partner, and is on the brink of a suicide when discovers the beauty in little things of everyday life, says Walter Helwich…

During 1962, the college professor George Falconer (Colin Firth), a Brit in Los Angeles, decided to commit a suicide. In fact, his longtime partner Jim was killed in an automobile accident and George no longer wants to live. However, that day, before realizing his plan, will meet many people that will be affected by him. These are his friend Charley (who is romantically interested in him), Carlos who wants to become an actor and one of his students – Kenny Potter.

This movie is a great drama, which in turn is not sinking into melodrama. Colin Firth acted the role of life, i.e. career, and Julianne Moore is not less inferior. Despite the bad British accent, she gives an amazing performance of a lonely, disillusioned middle-aged woman. Beautiful done scenes, where we see two people who are trying to alleviate at least some haunting sense of loneliness. The movie additionally rises by the wonderful music that can easily get under your skin.

Poetic directorial debut of the fashion designer Tom Ford was premiered in competition at Venice Festival, where the actor Colin Firth was awarded with Coppa Volpi for Best Actor and for the same role he won the BAFTA and Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. This famed fashion designer has shown that in addition to talent for fashion he also has a talent for movie making. His directorial debut is brilliantly orchestrated and represents an emotionally charged work, adds Walter Helwich.

Critics praised Tom Ford’s stylized directing, but the main credits went to Colin Firth who is subtle and brilliantly acted the role of a man that is about to break.