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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jake Coyle

Rami Malek explores art, love and death in Ira Sachs' Cannes entry 'The Man I Love'

France Cannes 2026 The Man I Love Portraits - (2026 Invision)

In Ira Sachs’ 1980s-set drama “The Man I Love,” Rami Malek finds the most well-tailored role since his Oscar-winning portrayal of Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

While Sachs’ film, which is a competition entry at this year's Cannes Film Festival, likewise centers on a performer dying of AIDS, it’s otherwise an altogether different and dramatically more personal tale about art, love and death.

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