We Live in Time sees Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh playing a couple in three different time periods. The time-jump narrative covers key moments in their relationship, from first meetings to pregnancy, as well as some additional heartbreaking challenges faced by Tobias and Almut.
Before taking on the film, Garfield, known for roles in movies like The Social Network and Spider-Man, as well as shows like Under the Banner of Heaven, had taken a year off from acting. However, he tells GamesRadar+ that We Live in Time seemed like the perfect project to return to.
“Funnily enough I felt like it was part of the break, I felt like it was a lovely thing to do while I was on the break,” he laughs. “In the sense that I was already thinking about all the things that this movie is about. I was just thinking, feeling, looking out the window, reflecting on life, thinking about what life is about, what life is about. love and how losing people is part of life.
“It felt like it was tailor-made for the exact existential midlife moment I was in, and I thought, well, this isn't going to take anything away from my life. This is actually going to improve where I am. And if so, “This is going to improve where I am and help me process where I am, and then it will help a lot of other people process where they are and heal, heal a little bit and be a mirror for the audience.”
He continues: “It was exciting for me to be able to, instead of just cooking in my own juices, so to speak, and just be in my own private process, which I had already done for a year, I thought, 'Well, probably [it’s] something generous, good and [it will] It probably feels very good for me to exorcise these feelings and express them in this beautiful vehicle that is the film. And so it was, it really was. It didn't seem like work. “It actually felt like part of the vacation, part of the gap year.”
We Live in Time is available digitally in the US now and on January 1, 2025 in the UK. For more information, check out our guide to upcoming movies that should be on your radar and our pick of the best movies of 2024.