'I Carry You Wh Me': Tells A Gay Couple's Love Story : NPR

Contents:

• REVIEW: ‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’ BRGS A GAY IMMIGRANT ROMANCE TO IMPERFECT BUT MOVG FOC
• 'I CARRY YOU WH ME' BLENDS REALY AND DRAMA IN A WRENCHG GAY LOVE STORY
• 'I CARRY YOU WH ME': TELLS A GAY COUPLE'S LOVE STORY
• ‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’ TRAILER: LOVE CROSS THE MEXIN BORR HEIDI EWG’S GAY ROMANCE
• 'I CARRY YOU WH ME': A GAY UPLE'S EPIC LOVE STORY OFFERS 'HOPE' FOR LGBTQ IMMIGRANTS
• ‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’: A BTERSWEET MOVIE ABOUT GAY LOVE, IMMIGRATN, AND THE AMERIN DREAM
• ‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’ REVIEW: BTERSWEET GAY IMMIGRATN DRAMA FDS BETY REAL LIFE

REVIEW: ‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’ BRGS A GAY IMMIGRANT ROMANCE TO IMPERFECT BUT MOVG FOC

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She throws flashbacks to Ivan’s and Gerardo’s very different childhood experienc of graed homophobia, moments that are almost evotive enough their tails — a bright yellow quceañera drs, a dark night on a fay farm — to make you overlook the tids of the ntrast.

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'I CARRY YOU WH ME' BLENDS REALY AND DRAMA IN A WRENCHG GAY LOVE STORY

Filmmaker Heidi Ewg told NPR's Morng Edn, "For me, there's a lot of nuance the film bee even though you see the nflict at tim vergg on vlent between fathers and their gay sons, you also see tenrns, nfn and ignorance that's drivg the anger of the fathers. It's a story of hope and sacrifice which men who n't be gay Mexi, and n't be undocumented the U.

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'I CARRY YOU WH ME': TELLS A GAY COUPLE'S LOVE STORY

First of all bee we're both gay men growg up Mexi.

And a way, I like to thk that one day I'm gog to be as succsful as In the film, you're playg a gay man the 1990s Puebla, Mexi, where there is very real and sometim dangero homophobia.

It's not dangero to be a gay man anymore.

‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’ TRAILER: LOVE CROSS THE MEXIN BORR HEIDI EWG’S GAY ROMANCE

And jt havg this movie out theaters Mexi and makg this movie Mexi tells a lot about how Mexi is alg wh the EWING: For me, there's a lot of nuance the film bee even though you see the nflict at tim vergg on vlent between fathers and their gay sons, you also see tenrns, nfn and ignorance that's drivg the anger of the fathers. So - you know, there really are no villas or hero this movie when to the issue of homophobia.

And I like to say that as - almost every gay man has an ally a girl iend.

Twenty-five years ago, Gerardo Zabaleta was at a small gay bar Puebla, Mexi, when he spotted a cute guy across the room.

'I CARRY YOU WH ME': A GAY UPLE'S EPIC LOVE STORY OFFERS 'HOPE' FOR LGBTQ IMMIGRANTS

When they’re a gay bar, we feel the same anxiety and clstrophobia that Iván feels as he looks around the room.

‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’: A BTERSWEET MOVIE ABOUT GAY LOVE, IMMIGRATN, AND THE AMERIN DREAM

We see them talk about the realy of their suatns as gay lovers, as well as their hop and aspiratns.

‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’ REVIEW: BTERSWEET GAY IMMIGRATN DRAMA FDS BETY REAL LIFE

Gerardo and Iván are both aware of their stat as gay men Mexi, but Iván wants to n away to Ameri to bee a chef. The two young men meet a gay bar Puebla, where Gerardo (Christian Vazquez) gets Iván’s attentn g a flirtat laser poter.

A iend tak him to a gay bar Puebla, where he meets Gerardo (Christian Vazquez), a TA at a lol universy.