Synopsis
An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.
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Cast
- Armando EspitiaIván
- Christian VázquezGerardo
- Michelle RodríguezSandra
- Ángeles CruzRosa Maria
- Arcelia RamírezMagda
- Michelle GonzálezPaola
- Luis AlbertiCucusa
- Raúl BrionesMarcos
- Yael TadeoYoung Iván
- Alberto JuárezBeto
Recommendations
- 100
Film Threat
I Carry You With Me is an emotional powerhouse that had me and the other moviegoers crying our collective eyes out. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
In Ewing’s hands and as anchored by two superb performances, Iván and Gerardo’s romance gets scaled up to an epic, a searing saga of the undocumented experience in which love is the binding force. - 91
The Film Stage
What’s tender in the film is tinged with sadness. Documentary footage of Iván and Gerardo is in harmony with absorbing performances by Armando Espitia and Christian Vasquez. And these disparate pieces under different leadership wouldn’t come together as masterfully if not for Heidi Ewing’s exceptional vision. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
This is an intimate epic, imbued with a warmth and a tenderness that radiate from both behind and in front of the camera. - 80
The New York Times
Turning time and memory into an elliptical portrait of what it means when borders become barriers, I Carry You With Me, the first narrative feature from the documentary filmmaker Heidi Ewing, trades distance for empathy. - 80
Rolling Stone
It is a gorgeous film, and one that deserves to be seen on a giant screen as much as that other only-in-theaters release this weekend, F9. And even when I Carry You With Me becomes so lost in its aesthetic that you worry it’s losing focus, this impressionistic approach doesn’t take away from what is an intimate, extremely personal story of two men fighting to build a life with each other. - 75
The Associated Press
I Carry You with Me couldn’t be any more specific about the trials of an undocumented gay couple trying to carve out a place for themselves, but it’s that specificity that makes its themes and emotions all the more universal. - 67
The Playlist
Ewing makes a creative decision in the final act of the picture which simply sucks all the air out of the room.
