Against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis, a theatre artist refuses to surrender to fear, finding solace in art, intimacy and community. Ira Sachs’ deeply felt drama is a moving ode to those who kept loving, creating and dreaming in the face of unimaginable loss.
2026
The Man I Love
2026
The Man I Love
Director
Ira Sachs
Runtime
96 Minutes
Country
United States
Classification
Unclassified 18+
The shadow of the AIDS epidemic hangs over late-1980s New York City, touching every corner of Jimmy George’s world. A celebrated theatre artist living with the disease, Jimmy moves through a city suspended between heartbreak and possibility, where every rehearsal, every friendship and every fleeting encounter carries an uncommon weight.
Yet The Man I Love is not a film about endings. It is a film about presence. About the stubborn beauty of continuing to make art when the future feels uncertain. About the comfort of families – given and chosen, the thrill of unexpected desire and the quiet grace found in ordinary moments shared with those we love.
Drawing from personal histories and collective memory, Ira Sachs crafts a work of extraordinary tenderness and emotional clarity. Rami Malek gives a performance of remarkable openness, capturing a man who understands that life is finite and therefore infinitely precious.
Rich with longing, compassion and hard-won joy, The Man I Love becomes something more than a historical portrait. It is a love letter – to artists, to survivors, to communities forged in adversity and the radical act of embracing life, even as it slips through our fingers.
“A movie about wringing every last drop out of life.”
The Hollywood Reporter
Cannes
Munich
Sydney
Melbourne
Film Credits
Director
Ira Sachs
Year
2026
Country
United States
Language
English
Type
Feature Fiction
Program Strand
World Cinema
Producer
Saïd Ben Saïd, Scott McGehee, Misook Doolittle, David Siegel, Mike Spreter & Myriam Schroeter
Writer
Mauricio Zacharias & Ira Sachs
Cinematographer
Josée Deshaies
Editor
Affonso Gonçalves
Cast
Rami Malek, Tom Sturridge, Luther Ford, Rebecca Hall & Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Film Source
Sharmill Films
Genre
Drama, History, LGBTQIA+ & Romance