I Don’t Know Who You Are
Released in Canada on 26 April, I Don’t Know Who You Are is the story of a Toronto man, Benjamin, who survives sexual violence only to find himself facing a different kind of cruelty and dehumanisation at the hands of the healthcare system when he tries to get medicine to protect himself from potential HIV infection. We follow his desperate journey to raise enough money to pay for what he needs, and, at the same time, his journey through pain and grief to try to reclaim life on his own terms. It’s a difficult watch in places, as you might expect, but a highly engaging and impressive piece of work.
I met director Mh Murray (Matt) when the film screened at the Glasgow Film Festival earlier this year. Mark Clennon, who wrote the script and plays Benjamin, also joined us, together with Nat Patricia Manuel,...
Released in Canada on 26 April, I Don’t Know Who You Are is the story of a Toronto man, Benjamin, who survives sexual violence only to find himself facing a different kind of cruelty and dehumanisation at the hands of the healthcare system when he tries to get medicine to protect himself from potential HIV infection. We follow his desperate journey to raise enough money to pay for what he needs, and, at the same time, his journey through pain and grief to try to reclaim life on his own terms. It’s a difficult watch in places, as you might expect, but a highly engaging and impressive piece of work.
I met director Mh Murray (Matt) when the film screened at the Glasgow Film Festival earlier this year. Mark Clennon, who wrote the script and plays Benjamin, also joined us, together with Nat Patricia Manuel,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Dark Star Pictures has acquired US rights to M.H. Murray’s queer drama and Toronto premiere I Don’t Know Who You Are starring TIFF Rising Star Mark Clennon.
The story draws on Murray’s life and follows a gay working-class musician who, over the course of one intense weekend, struggles to obtain access to expensive preventative HIV medication after being sexually assaulted.
Clennon collaborated with Murray and Victoria Long on the screenplay. The distributor has released a first-look trailer, below.
I Don’t Know Who You Are will open in select US theatres in May with a digital release to follow in June.
The story draws on Murray’s life and follows a gay working-class musician who, over the course of one intense weekend, struggles to obtain access to expensive preventative HIV medication after being sexually assaulted.
Clennon collaborated with Murray and Victoria Long on the screenplay. The distributor has released a first-look trailer, below.
I Don’t Know Who You Are will open in select US theatres in May with a digital release to follow in June.
- 3/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
One of the most difficult things about recovering from sexual violence is coming to terms with the fact that somebody could look right at you and fail to recognise you as a fellow human being, or fail to care. Mh Murray’s blistering drama, which screened as part of the 2024 Glasgow Film Festival, follows a man who finds himself in that situation only to have the system to which he turns for help treat him with the same disregard.
He is Benjamin (Mark Clennon), and we meet him the day before it happens, relaxed and happy-go-lucky, waking up in his room next to his Himalayan salt lamp, fussing an exceedingly soft black cat, frying some eggs, having a smoke and calling his mum. He’s just sent her some money. He works as a musician, enthusiastically teaching useless students who clearly adore him. Later he catches up with his friend.
He is Benjamin (Mark Clennon), and we meet him the day before it happens, relaxed and happy-go-lucky, waking up in his room next to his Himalayan salt lamp, fussing an exceedingly soft black cat, frying some eggs, having a smoke and calling his mum. He’s just sent her some money. He works as a musician, enthusiastically teaching useless students who clearly adore him. Later he catches up with his friend.
- 3/1/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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