Project Detail

Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other

Name: Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other
Director: Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet
Released: 2024
Duration: 100 min

Synopsis

Life, death and making meaning are the heart of a beautiful and often very funny film about an ageing couple who, after an accident, face the inevitability of impermanence and seek a deep peace in their relationship while they still can.
Thirty years after a chance encounter, Maggie and Joel, aged 75 and 84, are still very much in love. But their relationship is not without complications. Born in the hard-boiled Bronx, Joel Meyerowitz is a world-renowned photographer with major exhibitions and 40 books to his name. British-born Maggie Barrett is a talented but less recognised artist and writer. There is a knot of unease in their relationship, which is further strained when Maggie falls and breaks her leg and Joel must take on her caregiving. In the shadow of mortality, each with a long and dramatic life behind them, the hard truths of life together provoke in Maggie and Joel an attempt to find a shared inner peace while there is still time. With unique access to the couple's lives, directors Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet have created a profoundly moving film about living, creating and loving.
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

Details

Year: 2024
Type of project: Features
Running time: 100 min
Director: Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet 1st Feature
Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen, Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet
Executive Producer: Mandy Chang, Joslyn Barnes, Melissa O’Shaughnessy, James O’Shaughnessy and Janus Billeskov Jansen
Editor: Estephan Wagner, Josh Mallalieu
Director of Photography: Jacob Perlmutter
Sound: Henrik Garnov
Composer: Diogo Strausz
Principal cast: With contributions from: Maggie Barrett and Joel Meyerowitz

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Denmark, US co-production

Manon et Jacob Ltd (UK), Final Cut for Real (DK)

Manon et Jacob Ltd

4b Thyra Grove
London
N12 8HD

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Cinetic Media

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