Matt Bissonnette. Director Death of a Ladies' Man
b'Samuel O\\u2019Shea (Gabriel Byrne) is an Irish college professor living in Montreal, who starts experiencing a series of bizarre hallucinations, possibly enhanced by his poorly hidden alcohol addiction. One day, after a medical check, he is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and left with \\u2013 at best \\u2013 between a few months and one year to live. A Gabriel Byrne in a state of grace brings life to this compelling portrait of a 62-year-old womaniser and absent father trying to reconnect with his two kids, a gay hockey player (Antoine Olivier Pilon) and a self-deluded aspiring actress (Karelle Tremblay), who both have recently started new sentimental relationships. Knowing that there\\u2019s not much time left for him in this world, Samuel decides to travel back to his native country, where he will try to finally write the novel he has been putting off for years. Ireland is depicted as a magical place, where the impossible can happen, and there\\u2019s plenty of time to love, drink and search for inspiration.'