Design for Living

Name: Design for Living
Director: Philip Saville
Released: 1979-05-06
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Rula Lenska, Clive Arrindell, John Steiner, John Bluthal, Dandy Nichols

1979

1h 41m

Director: Philip Saville

Writer: Noël Coward

Overview

Design for Living presents a trio of neurotic but intensely artistic characters: Gilda, Otto and Leo. Set in Paris, Otto and Leo both fall in love with Gilda. She cannot make up her mind which man she loves, so the three decide to live together in a platonic friendship. Among Coward's trademark sparkling wit, the play explores deeper themes including infidelity, the pressures of fame on an unstable mind, and morality (or immorality) of a menage a trois.