A SINGLE MAN Closing Night Gala

Unfolding on a single day in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, this story follows George Falconer, a 52-year old British college professor (Colin Firth) who struggles to find meaning after the death of his long-time partner. Dwelling on the past and unable to see his future, George is consoled by his closest friend, Charley (Julianne Moore), a 48-year-old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future, and stalked by Kenny (Nicholas Hoult), a young student coming to terms with his own true nature Based on Christopher Isherwood’s novel, and featuring splendid performances and precise gorgeous design on every level, Tom Ford’s acclaimed debut is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that 1s an inherent port of the human condition and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.