Someone to Love (1987 film)

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Someone to Love
Directed by Henry Jaglom
Written by Henry Jaglom
Produced byMichael Jaglom
M.H. Simonson
Judith Wolinsky
Starring Orson Welles
Henry Jaglom
Andrea Marcovicci
Michael Emil
Distributed byCastle Hill Productions Inc.
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Someone to Love is a 1987 comedy film directed by Henry Jaglom. It was Orson Welles' final live action film appearance, released two years after his death but produced before his voice-over in The Transformers: The Movie , his final film performance.

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The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. [1]

Plot

The film is a pseudo-documentary about a filmmaker who throws a Valentine's Day party at an old theater that is about to be demolished. The filmmaker invites numerous single friends, including his brother, the real estate agent who sold the theater to a developer who is going to build a modern shopping mall, to the party and then quizzes them on camera about their lives, failed relationships, intimacy issues, and loneliness.

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References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Someone to Love". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-23.