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‘High Tide’ Director and Star Fell in Love While Developing the Queer Romance: ‘There’s a Love Story Behind the Love Story’
'High Tide' director and writer Marco Calvani’s and the film's star, Marco Pigossi, fell in love while developing the queer romance.
Suddenly single with his visa about to expire, he meets and falls for Maurice (James Bland), a Black doctor from New York City who is on vacation before heading to Angola for a residency. Rounding out the cast are Bill Irwin, Marisa Tomei, Bryan Batt, Mya Taylor, Sean Mahon, Chelsea Cook and Tom Flaherty. As election day draws near, Pigossi hope the film’s themes around race, immigration and queer love help “open some hearts.” “I want people to think about what does it mean to be a Black man in America today, what is it to be in an interracial relationship in a very white place,” he says.
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