Single Man....

Set in Los Angeles on November 30, 1962, a month after the Cuban missile crisis, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer (Colin Firth), a gay middle-aged British college professor who has struggled to find meaning in his life since the sudden death eight months earlier of his longtime partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). Jim died in a car crash. His family considered George just a friend of Jim, and since the funeral was for family only, George could not even attend.

Throughout the single day depicted in the film, and narrated from his point of view, George dwells on his past, shown in flashbacks, and his seemingly empty future, as he prepares for his planned suicide that evening. He buys bullets for his revolver, empties his safety box in the bank, prepares letters and gifts for some friends and personnel, and arranges his life insurance policy, other important papers, other important things such as keys, and the clothes he wants to wear at his funeral neatly in sight. Everyday things and encounters become special for him, realizing that for each it is the last time, and he is extra nice to people, as for him it is secretly saying farewell.