Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
Directed by Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet
2024Documentary100 minUnited Kingdom, Denmark, United StatesPG
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz and artist Maggie Barrett, married and in their 80s and 70s, navigate love, ageing and creative rivalry with brave, funny honesty.
Synopsis
Married artists Joel and Maggie share a loving bond, but Maggie feels overshadowed. This brave film explores their extraordinary confrontations as they navigate love, aging, and the creative process.
The director
Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet
Jacob Perlmutter is a British photographer and self-shooting director with more than twenty music videos to his credit. Manon Ouimet is a photographer and artist who has exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery and the Jewish Museum. Their first documentary received a special mention at CPH:DOX.
Press
“compelling portrait of a passionate marriage”
“The beautiful, complex bond between acclaimed photographer Joel Meyerowitz and writer/artist Maggie Barrett is the subject of this artful doc.”
On screens
Already played at 5 cinemas in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, St. Catharines.
