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Rami Malek says he initially feared taking on Ira Sachs’s AIDS-era drama The Man I Love after Bohemian Rhapsody, but pressed through his fears with Sachs’s guidance and musical on-screen work, ahead of the film’s Cannes premiere.
At Cannes' 79th festival, Ira Sachs's The Man I Love earned a seven-minute-plus standing ovation in competition; set in 1984 New York, it follows Jimmy George, a beloved queer entertainer living with AIDS who pursues a new theatrical project with his partner while navigating love and memory, led by a powerful performance from Rami Malek. The film, co-written with Mauricio Zacharias, also features Tom Sturridge and Luther Ford. It is seeking U.S. distribution with MK2 Films handling international sales, continuing Sachs's acclaimed indie run and generating early awards buzz.
Rami Malek cried as Cannes gave Ira Sachs’ AIDS-era drama The Man I Love an eight-minute standing ovation; the film follows a New York theater icon in the 1980s facing mortality, with Malek leading a cast that includes Tom Sturridge, Rebecca Hall and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Sachs co-writing the script for this Palme d’Or contender.
Ira Sachs’s drama The Man I Love had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival to a 10-minute standing ovation; starring Rami Malek as a late-1980s New York theater artist dying of AIDS, the film also features Luther Ford, Tom Sturridge, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Rebecca Hall. The Deadline coverage notes the life-affirming portrayal set against the AIDS crisis and downtown NYC’s artistic scene, with Sachs’s project described as a bookend to his Frankie and marking the second American competition entry after James Gray’s Paper Tiger.
Cannes 2026 unveils a star-studded competition slate led by Ira Sachs’s The Man I Love, with Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodóvar, Hirokazu Kore-eda among the filmmakers debuting new works; opening film is Pierre Salvadori’s The Electric Kiss, and John Travolta’s Propeller One-Way will also screen, as the festival runs May 12–23 with premieres, special screenings (including John Lennon: The Last Interview), and Midnight titles alongside a larger lineup.
"The Delta," the first full-length feature from acclaimed queer filmmaker Ira Sachs, explores cruising and roleplay in the context of the New Queer Cinema movement of the 1990s. The film follows two young men, Lincoln and Minh, as they meet, have a brief encounter, and eventually go their separate ways. Lincoln, new to his queer desires, cautiously explores his sexuality, while Minh, a Vietnamese immigrant, freely embraces his true self. However, the film takes a problematic twist when Minh is revealed to be a potential serial killer. Despite this misstep, "The Delta" is a representation of the state of queer film at the time and showcases the growth of queer storytelling in cinema.
Director Ira Sachs criticizes the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for giving his film, Passages, an NC-17 rating, comparing the MPA to book-banning groups. Sachs questions the continued existence of the MPA and its right to censor films. He argues that the MPA's rating system is outdated and serves as a warning to artists about certain images. The distributor of Passages, MUBI, supports Sachs' viewpoint, stating that the film's portrayal of sex is not explicit or gratuitous. Passages explores a love triangle and the protagonist's attempt to navigate both relationships.