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The Man I Love

2026

The Man I Love

2026

The Man I Love

Against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis, a theatre artist refuses to surrender to fear, finding solace in art, intimacy and community. Ira Sachs’ deeply felt drama is a moving ode to those who kept loving, creating and dreaming in the face of unimaginable loss.

Runtime

96 Minutes

Country

United States

Classification

Unclassified 18+

The shadow of the AIDS epidemic hangs over late-1980s New York City, touching every corner of Jimmy George’s world. A celebrated theatre artist living with the disease, Jimmy moves through a city suspended between heartbreak and possibility, where every rehearsal, every friendship and every fleeting encounter carries an uncommon weight. Yet The Man I Love is not a film about endings. It is a film about presence. About the stubborn beauty of continuing to make art when the future feels uncertain. About the comfort of families - given and chosen, the thrill of unexpected desire and the quiet grace found in ordinary moments shared with those we love. Drawing from personal histories and collective memory, Ira Sachs crafts a work of extraordinary tenderness and emotional clarity. Rami Malek gives a performance of remarkable openness, capturing a man who understands that life is finite and therefore infinitely precious. Rich with longing, compassion and hard-won joy, The Man I Love becomes something more than a historical portrait. It is a love letter - to artists, to survivors, to communities forged in adversity and the radical act of embracing life, even as it slips through our fingers.

“A movie about wringing every last drop out of life.”

The Hollywood Reporter

Cannes

Munich

Sydney

Melbourne

Film Credits

Country

United States

Program Strand

World Cinema

Cinematographer

Josée Deshaies

Editor

Affonso Gonçalves

Cast

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Luther Ford, Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall & Tom Sturridge

Genre

Drama, History, LGBTQIA+ & Romance

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