The Man From Elysian Fields

Imagine you are a nameless/faceless struggling writer who can’t support your wife and child on the small profit made from your only novel about the conflicted microcosm of migrant workers. What would you do for some extra cash? Would you secretly become a male gigolo and sell your body to unknown women? What if the hiring proprietor of the escort service was Mick Jagger? Then would you? In the case of Byron Tiller, commendably played by Andy Garcia, this is exactly what happens. Not only does this adulterous life jeopardize his marriage, but a desperate and vindictive female customer, whose husband just so happens to be the idolized Pulitzer Prize winning novelist (James Coburn), ends up screwing him in more ways than one. An intriguing look at complex morality issues, familial strife and realistic dilemmas--all of which conveyed admirably by the elite cast.