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You Can Live Forever

You Can Live Forever

Drama · Romance · 2023

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.

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You Can Live Forever

2023 Drama · Romance 1h 37m

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7.0 / 10

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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.

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Sarah Watts · Mark Slutsky

Written by

Sarah Watts · Mark Slutsky

Anwen O'Driscoll

Anwen O'Driscoll

Jaime Buckley

June Laporte

June Laporte

Marike Donaldson

Liane Balaban

Liane Balaban

Beth

Antoine Yared

Antoine Yared

Jean-Francois

Hasani Freeman

Hasani Freeman

Nathan

Deragh Campbell

Deragh Campbell

Amanda

M

Marc-Antoine Auger

Stoner Dude

Court is in session

Put You Can Live Forever on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.