You Can Live Forever

We were delighted to previously screen this film but we have no current plans to screen it again. If you'd like to watch it in the cinema, consider a private hire to watch it with friends. That does rely on the film being available for private purchase.

Film details

Film TitleYou Can Live Forever
Suitability
Genre
Length96mins
Year2023
CountryCanada
DirectorJonathan Legris
ActorsAnwen O'Driscoll, June Laporte, Liane Balaban, Deragh Campbell, Hasani Freeman, Lenni-Kim, Antoine Yared, Tim Campbell, Howard Rosenstein, Bentley Hughes
LanguageEnglish, French
Showings

When Jaime, a gay teenager, is sent to live in a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses in small-town Quebec, she falls madly in love with a devout Witness girl. The two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of their lives.

A sweet debut and a welcome addition to the lesbian canon, neither fetishizing nor lamenting the romance between Jamie and Marike, but rather indulging them in their exploration and study of both each other and their relationship to those around them

Slutsky and Watts precisely capture how it feels for Jaime and Marike to be penned in by the obligations and expectations of their families and congregations.