“A Man In Love” (Un Homme Amoureux) by Diane Kurys (1987)

Movies directed by women

A year’s favorites review

Excellent camera and cast, good acting and good score
Unfortunately, because of its weak structure, the movie loses its direction (and its meaning) in the end. However, it remains a movie with many layers:
“The movie’s title is intriguing. At first I thought it referred to Coyote’s love for Scacchi. Then to her father’s love for her mother. Then to the assistant’s love for Coyote. Finally, after the Coyote character was developed into a classic portrait of a man who uses romantic self-aggrandizement as an excuse for allowing his moral decisions to be made by his genitals, I realized the title referred to the hero’s feelings for himself.” [Roger Ebert]

Cast: Peter Coyote, Greta Scacchi, Peter Riegert, John Berry, Vincent Lindon, Claudia Cardinale, Jamie Lee Curtis
Written and directed by Diane Kurys
Produced by Michel Seydoux
Photographed by Bernard Zitzermann
Edited by Joele van Effenterre
Music by Georges Delerue