Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other
Synopsis
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
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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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, Denmark, US co-production
Manon et Jacob Ltd (UK), Final Cut for Real (DK)
Manon et Jacob Ltd
4b Thyra GroveLondon
N12 8HD
Sales Company
Cinetic Media
26 Broadway, 14th FloorNew York
NY 10004
USA
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