I cry every time, the performances are all beautiful, the filmaking subtle and spectacularly beautiful, the story probably the most beautiful thing that Isherwood wrote - and it hangs together like the most perfect tailoring, thank you Tom Ford ! Yes, I am a gay many of similar age to the "hero" and yes, I have felt so many of the same feelings and pain, this film said so many of the things that I cannot tell anyone and again my thanks for this. in some ways, I feel less alone than I did before I saw this the first time.