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You Can Live Forever (2022)

You Can Live Forever poster
Directed by
Sarah Watts, Mark Slutsky
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 138 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A teenager in the 1990s goes to live with her aunt and uncle after her father dies. She develops a secret romantic relationship with another young woman in their strict Jehovah's Witness community.

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What happens

You Can Live Forever is a 2022 Canadian romantic drama film, written and directed by Sarah Watts and Mark Slutsky. Set in the 1990s, the film stars Anwen O'Driscoll as Jaime, a teenager who is sent to live with her aunt Beth (Liane Balaban) after her father's death; Beth is married to Jean-François (Antoine Yared), a devoutly religious Jehovah's Witness who aspires to be a leader of his congregation. Jaime soon develops a romantic relationship with Marike (June Laporte), another young woman in the Jehovah's Witness community. The film's cast also includes Hasani Freeman, Deragh Campbell, Marc-Antoine Auger, Tim Campbell, Xavier Roberge, Lenni-Kim Lalande, and Juliette Gariépy. The film was inspired in part by Watts' own upbringing in a Jehovah's Witness community, but Watts has indicated that it is not autobiographical. The film entered production in fall 2021, with filming taking place in Montreal and Saguenay. The film premiered in June 2022 at the Tribeca Film Festival. You Can Live Forever was also screened at the Reelout Queer Film Festival in February 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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