Rami Malek Is An Ailing Artist Determined To Continue Living In Ira Sachs’ Latest ‘The Man I Love’ — First Look Clip
Ira Sachs' latest film, The Man I Love, features Rami Malek and is set to debut at Cannes. The film explores the life of a performance artist in 1980s New York who grapples with illness while embracing beauty and love. Sachs and co-writer Mauricio Zacharias spent 15 years developing the story, inspired by Van Gogh's final months.
- ▪The Man I Love is directed by Ira Sachs and stars Rami Malek.
- ▪The film is set in 1980s New York and follows a performance artist facing illness.
- ▪Sachs and Zacharias took 15 years to craft the film's story, inspired by Maurice Pialat's Van Gogh.
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EXCLUSIVE: Ira Sachs is back at Cannes this year with The Man I Love, his third film in three years, and it stars Rami Malek. Check out a clip from the film, which debuts on Wednesday in Cannes. Directed by Sachs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mauricio Zacharias, the film is set in 1980s New York and follows Jimmy George, a Downtown performance artist, who is currently living in an “extraordinary moment between great illness and death when, still, all beauty and love is possible,” the official synopsis reads. Starring alongside Malek are Tom Sturridge, Luther Ford, Rebecca Hall, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. The film began production on a 28-day shoot in New York on September 21, 2025, and wrapped on October 29.
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