I Carry You With Me (Te Llevo Conmigo)

    Genre
    Romance, Drama
  • |
  • Runtime
    111 mins
  • |
  • Rated
    R
  • |
  • Release Date
    2021
  • |
  • Countries
    USA, Mexico
  • |
  • Languages
    Spanish
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Heidi Ewing
WRITTEN BY:
Heidi Ewing, Alan Page
CAST INCLUDES:
Armando Espitia, Christian Vazquez, Michelle Rodríguez, Ángeles Cruz, Arcelia Ramírez, Michelle González, Raúl Briones

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Heidi Ewing's Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and NEXT Innovator Award winner is "carefully crafted from start to finish” (Hollywood Reporter), and rated a near-perfect 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. I CARRY YOU WITH ME is ​based on a true story, in which 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.

SYNOPSIS

After Iván (Armando Espitia), an aspiring chef and young father, meets Gerardo (Christian Vázquez) at a clandestine gay bar in provincial Mexico, they fall deeply in love. When their secret relationship is discovered by Iván’s family, he makes the risky choice to cross the border to try his luck in the United States, promising both his young son and his soulmate Gerardo that he will return. Alone in New York City and faced with the daunting challenges of a newly arrived immigrant, Iván’s decision costs him more than he ever imagined.  

I Carry You With Me (Te Llevo Conmigo)

    Genre
    Romance, Drama
  • |
  • Runtime
    111 mins
  • |
  • Rated
    R
  • |
  • Release Date
    2021
  • |
  • Countries
    USA, Mexico
  • |
  • Languages
    Spanish
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Heidi Ewing
WRITTEN BY
Heidi Ewing, Alan Page
CAST INCLUDES
Armando Espitia, Christian Vazquez, Michelle Rodríguez, Ángeles Cruz, Arcelia Ramírez, Michelle González, Raúl Briones
An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Heidi Ewing's Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and NEXT Innovator Award winner is "carefully crafted from start to finish” (Hollywood Reporter), and rated a near-perfect 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. I CARRY YOU WITH ME is ​based on a true story, in which 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.

After Iván (Armando Espitia), an aspiring chef and young father, meets Gerardo (Christian Vázquez) at a clandestine gay bar in provincial Mexico, they fall deeply in love. When their secret relationship is discovered by Iván’s family, he makes the risky choice to cross the border to try his luck in the United States, promising both his young son and his soulmate Gerardo that he will return. Alone in New York City and faced with the daunting challenges of a newly arrived immigrant, Iván’s decision costs him more than he ever imagined.