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A Single Man

United States

2009

99 Min
Color, Black and White
2.40:1
Spanish, English
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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DIR Tom Ford

PROD Tom Ford, Andrew Miano, Robert Salerno, Chris Weitz

SCR Tom Ford, David Scearce, Christopher Isherwood

DP Eduard Grau

CAST Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jon Kortajarena, Lee Pace, Ryan Simpkins, Keri Lynn Pratt, Teddy Sears, Adam Shapiro, Erin Daniels, Aline Weber, Jon Hamm

ED Joan Sobel

PROD DES Dan Bishop

MUSIC Abel Korzeniowski

SOUND Robert Jackson

Venice (Competition): Best Actor, Queer Lion, Toronto (Special Presentations), London (Film on the Square), AFI FEST (Gala), Karlovy Vary (Horizons), Chicago, Rotterdam (Bright Future), Göteborg

Synopsis

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, a British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find meaning in his life after the death of his long-time partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). We follow George through a single day, where a series of 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 48-year-old beauty, and is stalked by one of his students, Kenny (Nicholas Hoult). The story is an adaptation based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood and is directed by Tom Ford. —TIFF

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Smirnova Olga

21May13

A Single Man is probably the only film I've seen where I've actually forgotten to breathe. It's probably the most aesthetically pleasing film that I’ve ever seen. It's probably the only film I've seen where I’ve actually wanted to be a part of it. Where it has resonated so much with me, that when the film has ended I feel empty. Tom Ford's eye for detail sharp as hell.

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Smirnova Olga

21May13

A Single Man is probably the only film I’ve seen where I've actually forgotten to breathe. It's probably the most aesthetically pleasing film that I’ve ever seen. It’s probably the only film I've seen where I’ve actually wanted to be a part of it. Where it has resonated so much with me, that when the film has ended I feel empty. Tom Ford's eye for detail sharp as hell.

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Andreea Rattlehead

25Apr13

And the world seems so fresh as though it had all just come into existence.

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Rosa Friedman

28Mar13

Utterly lovely and quietly devastating, rife with palpable loneliness occasionally overtaken by the ache of longing.

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A Single Man, de Tom Ford

By Leonard​o Mascaro on March 29, 2012

Se depender de seu longa de estréia, Tom Ford tem tudo para ter uma carreira promissora no cinema. Aos 48 anos, o famoso estilista americano se arriscou na direção de seu primeiro longa, e começou…  read review

And just like that...

By Melvin Falcone​r on April 10, 2011

La bande-annonce laissait déjà présager du meilleur. Le film met la barre encore plus haut. Pour sa première réalisation, Tom Ford réalise un long-métrage sublime en tous points de vue. La photographie…  read review

La perfection formelle ne fait pas un film émouvant

By hubertg​uillaud on November 6, 2010

Tom Ford a fait un film comme un couturier fait une robe, avec application… Mais hélas sans grande vie. Sans grande vie, parce que son personnage principal (pourtant très bien joué par …) s’avère assez…  read review

[Last Time I Saw] A Single Man

By lasttim​eisaw on November 3, 2010

Title: A Single Man
Year: 2009
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Ford
Writers: Tom Ford, David Scearce
Cast:
Colin Firth
Julianne Moore
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Colin Firth's performance in A SINGLE MAN (SPOILERS)

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Does the trailer remind anybody else of Godard?

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