love and death

Giles De Ath (Sir John Hurt), a widower, stuffy British author, gets locked out of his house one day and opts to see an E. M. Forster adaptation at a local cinema to pass the time. He mistakenly goes into the wrong theater, and as he is about to leave the puerile American movie, notices a young actor who immediately strikes his fancy. From there, we go on a journey with Giles as his obsession with the mediocre young actor goes from slight interest to a real obsession. This evolution ultimately brings him to Chesterton, Long Island, home of the actor. His miraculous encounter with the lad in some ways pushes the reserved Brit s emotional threshold over the top. Director: Richard Kwietniowski Writers: Gilbert Adair (novel), Richard Kwietniowski Stars: John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi,