The Annihilation Of Fish (1999)

A Jamaican widower (James Earl Jones) recently released from a mental hospital relocates to Los Angeles. He (literally) fights the invisible demon who brutally attacks him periodically. He moves into a boarding house run by an eccentric landlady (Margot Kidder) where he meets a woman (Lynn Redgrave) fleeing her lover ... the ghost of composer Giacomo Puccini. Directed by Charles Burnett (KILLER OF SHEEP). An off-center romantic comedy with the teeniest bit of satirical bite to it. There have been movies about mentally ill people engaged in romantic relationships before ranging from the good (LILITH) to the bad (DAVID AND LISA). But this quirky romance is set away from the mental institution and they're on their own and free to indulge in their fantasies. The three principals give excellent performances, a reminder of what good actors they are. Unfortunately, director Burnett can't sustain the whimsical environment till the end and it stumbles and falls on its face in the last 15 or 20 minutes. With Shannon Wilcox and Linden Chiles.