Surprising debut film by the American fashion designer Tom Ford, who established his name in the mid-1990s as creative director at the fashion house of Gucci, which made a comeback thanks to his efforts. A Single Man is also the first film made by Fade to Black, the production company founded by Ford. It's a film version of the novel from 1964 by Christopher Isherwood, about a day in the life of George, a middle-aged Englishman in California who is mourning the loss of his partner Jim, with whom he has been together for 16 years. Jim died in a car crash. Eight months later, it is still unbearable for George.
Ford, who wrote the screenplay with David Scearce, has made a stylish, sensitive and occasionally even humorous film with a striking leading role for Colin Firth, who was given the best actor award at the Venice Film Festival.
- Director
- Tom Ford
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2009
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 99'
- Medium
- 35mm
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Tom Ford, Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano, Robert Salerno
- Production Companies
- Fade to Black, Depth of Field, Artina Films
- Sales
- IM Global
- Screenplay
- Tom Ford, David Scearce, based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood
- Cinematography
- Eduard Grau
- Editor
- Joan Sobel
- Production Design
- Dan Bishop
- Sound Design
- Leslie Shatz
- Music
- Abel Korzeniowski, Shigeru Umebayashi
- Cast
- Colin Firth
- Local Distributor
- Cinéart Netherlands
- Website
- http://www.imglobalfilm.com/television/a-single-man