Featuring gorgeously detailed performances from Oscar nominees Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, this inventively structured romance from director John Crowley (BROOKLYN) and screenwriter Nick Payne explores the question of how to make the most of our time in this world. Since their first encounter, Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield) have rarely had a dull moment. A meet-cute car accident, giving birth in the unlikeliest of locations, a world-class gastronomical competition… their time together seems fated to brim with striking events.
WE LIVE IN TIME alternates between three distinct chronologies, allowing us to experience this couple’s story in a way that heightens our understanding of how memory collides with present experience and how meaning is made through accumulation. Pugh is exhilarating as a young woman determined to balance personal relationships with professional ambitions, while Garfield gives a career-best performance by using Tobias’ innate restraint as a way of revealing a deep well of intense emotion. The pair ensure that this intricately told story mirrors our own blend of dizziness and gratitude in the face of time’s merciless march. (Synopsis from the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival)
“With Pugh and Garfield leading this tremendous love story, WE LIVE IN TIME becomes one of the best movie romances in years, and proves that few filmmakers can present the power of love quite like Crowley can.” —Ross Bonaime, Collider “Pugh and Garfield are enormously charming actors who are also skilled at undercutting their own charm; they commit to the sentiment without yielding to it, making WE LIVE IN TIME a truly charming and surprisingly rich film.” —Steve Pond, The Wrap “Seldom has such an unflinchingly honest take on mortality felt so transcendently life-affirming.” —Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
