电影改编自美国作曲家科尔·波特的生平。
故事发生在法国巴黎，美国人波特（凯文·克莱恩 Kevin Kline 饰）带着对未来的憧憬和远大梦想来到了这个处处充满了艺术气息的都市，在这里，波特结识了名叫琳达（艾什莉·贾德 Ashley Judd 饰）的美丽女子，琳达的出现重新唤起了波特对于女人的渴望，两人之间的关系迅速热络了起来，之后走入了婚姻的殿堂。
对于波特的事业，琳达十分关注，她将波特的作品推荐给了著名作曲家欧文（基思·艾伦 Keith Allen 饰），以此为契机，波特逐渐在业内站稳了脚跟。随着波特的逐渐出名，他和琳达之间的关系开始产生了裂缝，相爱但无法相守的两人沉浸在痛苦之中，一个家庭眼看就要破碎。
De-Lovely (2004)
This movie is from 2004, but the story is wonderful, as Kevin Kline plays the gay composer Cole Porter, who tries to marry a woman and make it work, but can’t help needing the affection of men as well.
Subtitles included English & Chinese.
Plot (from Wikipedia) - SPOILER ALERT.
As he is about to die, Porter’s life flashes before him in the form of a musical production staged by the archangel Gabriel in the Indiana theater where the composer first performed on stage.
He recalls the night he met his wife, Linda Lee Thomas, a recent divorcee and stunning beauty. From the start, they click and become a devoted couple. Linda is well aware that Cole is gay. Her first husband was abusive to her, but, as she confesses to him on their wedding day, Cole is completely different. Because he loves her and is publicly affectionate, Linda tolerates his extramarital dalliances. During their marriage, Cole’s career flourishes. Linda begins the tradition of presenting Cole with a custom designed and engraved Cartier cigarette case at the opening of each new show.
To cheer Linda after she experiences a miscarriage, the couple move to Hollywood. After an initial period of excitement, Cole’s flings become too overt and indiscreet and they create tension. Cole is photographed in an amorous embrace with another man in the restroom of a gay nightclub. Both he and Linda are blackmailed into paying a large sum to suppress publication of the pictures. When he shrugs off the blackmail, she goes to Paris, leaving him bereft.
It is not until Cole is seriously injured in a horseback riding accident that Linda returns to his side, willing to forgive, but still finding difficulty in coping with his extramarital affairs. She is eventually diagnosed with emphysema, and in an attempt to provide Cole with a new partner once she is gone, she introduces him to her decorator and estate advisor. The match is successful.
When Linda dies in 1954, Cole is devastated. He continues working until 1958 when degeneration of his right leg finally requires amputation, affecting his creative output. He never writes again, but does participate in productions of his earlier works. Cole dies in 1964 at age 73（G5V.NET）
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