Co-written and directed in 2009 by fashion stylist Tom Ford, A single man is an outstanding movie. Even if the visual and styling of the movie are the things that superficially hit more, the story is deep, emotional and very well directed. Colin Firth is a teacher, hurt for the death of his boyfriend. The fantastic Julian Moore is his friend since the days of the youth and Nicholas Hoult ( yes, the boy of “About a boy”…) is an enigmatic young student. Firth won best actor at Venezia Film Festival and was nominated for the Oscar. The original story is a novel by Christopher Isherwood.
That said, the movie, set in 1962, is a long fiesta of stylish, vintage images, locations, architectures, details. And that gorgeous Mercedes 220s Coupè that Colin Firth drives…
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