Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other (15) (Preview) (Borderlines Film Festival)

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Event Description

Director: Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet
Starring: Maggie Barrett, Joel Meyerowitz
UK/Denmark/US, 2024, 1 hour 40 minutes, English/French/Italian + 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

Show times

Friday 28th February at 4.30pm – STUDIO ONE
Saturday 1st March at 1.30pm – FORUM

Friday 28 February 2025

4:30pm

Malvern Theatres

Location

Malvern Theatres

WR14 3HB

01684 892277

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