简介：Basedontheshortstories“Alone,”“TheBriefcase”and“OldLove”bytheYiddishwriterandNobelPrize-winnerIsaacBashevisSinger,LoveComesLatelyistheutterlyenchantingstoryofacharmingoldJewishwriterlivinginastateof“permanentconfusion.”Cursedwithanimaginationsopotentitgiveshimnightmares,theman’sfictionsmanifestallthedeepdesiresanddarkfearshemanagestokeepunderthesurfaceofhisday-to-dayroutine.Showinghisdexterityindrawingtrue-to-life,memorablecharacters,itisdirectorJanSchütte’smostaccomplishedfilmtodate,sustainingallthecharmandinnuendoesofSinger’sunparalleledtales. AnAustrianémigré,MaxKohn(OttoTausig)isanaccomplishedshort-storyauthorverymuchoftheoldworld–hestillusesatypewriter–livinginNewYorkCity.Awryandwhimsicalconfirmedbachelorwithasupposed“harem”ofgirlfriends,hespendsmostofhisfreetimewiththejealousworrywartReisele(RheaPerlman). OnatraintriptoalectureinnearbyHanover,Maxeditshislatestcreation,imagininghimselfasitsprotagonist:aMiamiBeachretireenamedSimon.Simonencountersallsortsofmisadventures–includingtwosteamyromancesandamurder–andwhenwerejoinMax,hiswildestfantasiesseemtohavebeenunleashedtotakeshapeintherealworld. Atthereceptionafterhistalk,hereuniteswithRosalie(BarbaraHershey),abeautifulbutworld-wearyformerstudentwithwhomhesharesagreatattraction.HethenheadstoanotherspeakingeventinSpringfield,whereheenduresallmannerofmix-ups.Havinglosthispreparedspeech,Maxdecidestoreadabrandnewstory,withshadesofhisrecentexperiences,instead.HethenbecomesyetanotherthinlyveiledvariationofhimselfnamedHarry…. Withhisweathered,sympatheticface,Maxisapuremensch–wiseandspirited.Yetheisalsostubborn,forgetfulandbeginningtododder.Aboveall,however,hismindandmanneraregenuinelymagnetic.InadditiontoTausig’sfine,full-bodiedperformanceandthelegendarySinger’ssourcematerial,LoveComesLatelyhasalightnessoftouchandathoroughlyromantictonethatonlystrengthenitsemotionalpull.Shütte’sdirectionbringsthesecharacterstolifeaslovable,irresistablebeings,andplacesapermanentsmileonviewers’lips.…