Diane Kurys shot this entry in between Coup de foudre and La Baule-aux- Pains and in so doing got about as far away as it was possible to get from her semi-autobiographical saga. A Man In Love is nothing if not referential with nods to Prevert's L'Amants de Verone and Irwin Shaw's Two Weeks In Another Town and possibly others I missed. The two leads, Peter Coyote and Greta Scacchi are very convincing and the support is well up to snuff. Coyote has a penchant for working with French directors and was part of a great ensemble cast in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Bon Voyage in 2003. The plot is one step away from Scripting-By-Numbers but Kurys makes good use of Rome with only the briefest nod to the clichéd Tourist attractions. Overall an enjoyable rarity.
Review of A Man in Love
