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The Man I Love
Ira Sachs
New York Premiere
Ira Sachs’s finely detailed period drama about an emotionally complicated cabaret star and performance artist (Oscar winner Rami Malek) living with AIDS in 1980s New York is a reminder that art and imagination are keys to human survival in the darkest times.
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Country
- U.S.
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2026
- More information
- Official film page
Screenings
One of American cinema’s most resolutely independent voices, Ira Sachs continues his remarkable recent run of audacious queer storytelling—following Passages and Peter Hujar’s Day (NYFF63)—with this finely detailed period drama about an emotionally complicated cabaret star and performance artist named Jimmy George (Oscar winner Rami Malek), who is living with AIDS in 1980s New York. Rather than just focus on the despair and horror of illness, Sachs creates a vibrant world flourishing with creativity, one pulled from his own experiences moving to the city at the height of the epidemic. It’s here that Jimmy, his lover (Tom Sturridge), his sister (Rebecca Hall), and a young new crush (Luther Ford) navigate the difficulties of sustaining relationships and forging artistic identities amidst the dread of mortality. Featuring bracing musical performances, The Man I Love is a reminder that art and imagination are keys to human survival in the darkest times.
One of American cinema’s most resolutely independent voices, Ira Sachs continues his remarkable recent run of audacious queer storytelling—following Passages and Peter Hujar’s Day (NYFF63)—with this finely detailed period drama about an emotionally complicated cabaret star and performance artist named Jimmy George (Oscar winner Rami Malek), who is living with AIDS in 1980s New York. Rather than just focus on the despair and horror of illness, Sachs creates a vibrant world flourishing with creativity, one pulled from his own experiences moving to the city at the height of the epidemic. It’s here that Jimmy, his lover (Tom Sturridge), his sister (Rebecca Hall), and a young new crush (Luther Ford) navigate the difficulties of sustaining relationships and forging artistic identities amidst the dread of mortality. Featuring bracing musical performances, The Man I Love is a reminder that art and imagination are keys to human survival in the darkest times.