Director
Tom Ford
Leading Actors/Actresses
Colin Firth
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode
Genre
Drama, Romance
Language
English
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Date of Release
2009
Producer
Tom Ford, Andrew Miano, Robert Salern, Chris Weitz
Setting and Context
Los Angeles 1962
Narrator and Point of View
POV is that of George
Tone and Mood
Serious, Romantic, Dramatic
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist and Antagonist is George
Major Conflict
The love of George's life has been killed in a car accident and George has decided this will be his last day to live.
Climax
George decides not to kill himself after a visit from Kenny, one of his students. He then has a heart attack before going to bed and passes away.
Foreshadowing
Jim lying dead in the snow foreshadows George's pain.
Understatement
It is understated that George has a serious heart condition
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
The film is an allusion to the isolation and loneliness of losing love. Specifically of a gay man in the 1960s.
Paradox
George dies of a heart attack. Paradoxically, this is after he has stopped his attempt to kill himself.
Parallelism
Meeting Kenny at the bar in Santa Monica parallels George meeting Jim for the first time there earlier in the story.
