Based on a true story, this decades-spanning romance begins in Mexico between an aspiring chef and a teacher. Their lives restart in incredible ways as societal pressure propels them to embark on a treacherous journey to NYC with dreams, hopes, and memories in tow. The first fiction feature from award-winning documentary filmmaker Heidi Ewing (Folktales), I Carry You With Me is an intimate epic, following a gay partnership beyond borders and against all odds. In her New York Times Critics’ Pick review, Jeannette Catsoulis praised the film for how it “understands immigrant longing as more complex and elusive than economic imperative.” Winner of two prizes at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and selected to the 2020 New York Film Festival.
I Carry You with Me
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I Carry You with Me
Tickets: $11 (members), $16 (nonmembers)
"The overall feeling here is ethereal, dreamy, moody, memory-like — a more user-friendly Terence Malick vibe. It is a gorgeous film, and one that deserves to be seen on a giant screen."
"Ravishing and unshakable, Ewing's authentic film feels like the crossbreed between a painful memory and a hopeful dream about a place, a relationship and a fight for acceptance that's not political but entirely humanistic."
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This film is part of the Immigration Nation series.
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