Kule mpelasonto i Ifilimu yaseMelika ethi "A Serious Man", Iqondiswa u-Tom Ford, kanye no-Colin Firth njengomlingisi oyinhloko ukusebenza kwakhe kumenze waqokwa njenge-Oscar.
La movie A Serious Man Ihlelwe e-Los Angeles ngo-1962, ngesikhathi senhlekelele ye-missile yaseCuba, i-A Single Man indaba kaGeorge Falconer (uColin Firth), uprofesa wasenyuvesi yaseBrithani oneminyaka engama-52 ozama ukuthola injongo yokuphila kwakhe ngemva Ukushona komlingani wakhe, uJim (Matthew Goode). UGeorge ukhumbula okwedlule futhi uyehluleka ukubona ikusasa lakhe njengoba simlandela ngosuku olulodwa, lapho uchungechunge lwezenzakalo nokuhlangana ekugcineni kumholela ekunqumeni ukuthi ukuphila kunenhloso yini ngemva kukaJim. UGeorge ududuzwa umngane wakhe omkhulu, uCharley (Julianne Moore), unobuhle oneminyaka engu-48 ubudala naye onenkinga yokungabaza kwakhe ngekusasa. Umfundi osemusha, uKenny (Nicholas Hoult), ozama ukwamukela isimo sakhe sangempela, uthungatha uGeorge ngoba ebona umoya wohlobo kuye. Indoda Engashadile indaba yothando emayelana nothando oluphazanyiswe, mayelana nokuzihlukanisa okuyingxenye yemvelo yesimo somuntu, futhi ekugcineni ngokubaluleka kwezikhathi zokuphila ezibonakala zingabalulekile.