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Borderlines Film Festival | Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other (15)

  • Regal Tenbury Trust 49 Teme Street Tenbury Wells, England, WR15 8AE United Kingdom (map)

This film is in English, French, and Italian with English subtitles.

Filmed over a year, this documentary has a lot to say about personal and intimate interaction, how it’s affected by creativity, recognition, fame and ageing. Thirty years after a chance encounter, Maggie and Joel, aged 75 and 84, are still very much in love. But their relationship is complicated and prickly. Born in the tough 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. The unease between them is further strained when Maggie breaks her leg and Joel becomes her carer. In the shadow of mortality, with a long and dramatic life behind each of them Maggie and Joel attempt to find a shared inner peace while there is still time.

Preview courtesy of Modern Films.


Directed by: Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet

Cast includes: Maggie Barrett, Joel Meyerowitz

Earlier Event: 1 March
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