Death of a Ladies' Man

I believe when life come to the end, illusion comes up is very normal. This movie just someone real experience and that's life.

9/10 to catch your attention. If you ever liked even single Leonard Cohen's song this movie is for you. It's fitting tribute to the late poet without actually much mentioning him.

College professor Samuel O'Shea (Gabriel Byrne) is a cheating ladies' man in Montreal. He catches his wife cheating in their bed and it's yet another divorce. He starts having hallucinations and is visited by his ghost dad Ben (Brian Gleeson). It's terminal brain disease. He goes to a remote house in Ireland to write his memoirs. Charlotte Lafleur (Jessica Paré) is a local store clerk.

It takes an hour for Jessica Paré to enter the picture. I expected it to be sooner and in Montreal. Then the movie splits into the two locations and I don't care about Samuel's family when he's not there. The story telling is a bit wonky. The surreal hallucinations are a little silly at times. Despite all the issues, this has Gabriel Byrne and he makes this compelling. I do like the big twist despite expecting something exactly like that. The Leonard Cohen songs are an interesting choice, but the film needs to have the guts to go full musical. They do that at the end and that's a little too late. This movie is a bit of a mess, but an interesting mess. I definitely would bring in Paré sooner and have that character be the central premise.

And excellent demonstration of how a piece of art can move you by showing to you a montage of a life getting to an end. In this piece that is shown in a comedic and dramatic way. And in a form of a novel - in chapters, clear passage of time and a nice cadence pace without hurry at all. Leonard Cohen lovers gonna love it. Please watch this!

The story is quite interesting. It is dark, but has some fantasy sequences that make you wonder what exactly is real.