Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other

2024, 100 minutes, DCP, U.K./Denmark/U.S.

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Screened April 3–9, 2026

Thirty years after a chance encounter, Maggie and Joel, aged 75 and 84, are still very much in love. But their relationship is not without complications. Born in the hard-boiled 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 recognized artist and writer. There is a knot of unease in their relationship, which is further strained when Maggie falls and breaks her leg and Joel becomes her caregiver. In the shadow of mortality, each with a long and dramatic life behind them, the hard truths of life together provoke in Maggie and Joel an attempt to find a shared inner-peace while there is still time. With unique access to the couple’s lives, directors Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet have created a profoundly moving film about living, creating and loving.

★★★★

”EXCELLENT…A POWERFUL INSIGHT INTO A LIFE SHARED”

— The Guardian

“A PROFOUND AND DEEPLY FELT EXPLORATION OF LIFE’S BIGGEST QUESTIONS”

— DOC NYC

★★★★

”DELIVERS FRESH AND TENDERLY ROMANTIC INSIGHTS INTO THE COMPLEXITIES OF RELATIONSHIPS AND THE INEVITABILITY OF MORTALITY”

— The Upcoming

“AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT THAT ALL COUPLES SHOULD SEE… EXTRAORDINARY”

— The Observer

 

 

A film by Manon Ouimet Jacob Perlmutter

Featuring Joel Meyerowitz Maggie Barrett