Miranda July’s auspicious debut feature in which she also stars, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW is a poetic observation on how people connect in an isolating and contemporary world. A charmingly original and astonishing vision, the film has won a clutch of prizes at recent film festivals including the Camera d’Or; the Critics Week Prize; and the Prix Regards Jeune at the recent Cannes Film Festival. ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW also won the Special Jury prize at this year’s Sundance film festival.

Richard Swersey (John Hawkes), a newly single shoe salesman and father of two boys, is prepared for amazing things to happen. But when the captivating and spontaneous Christine (Miranda July) enters his life, he panics. Christine is an artist and “Eldercab” driver who alternates between

July’s is an occasionally melancholy but more often wondrous appreciation of the kind of everyday life we take for granted, a world full of rich and delicious characters. Miranda July is an acclaimed multimedia performance artist whose videos have been featured at institutions like MOMA and the Guggenheim Museum. July has also recorded several albums on indie rock labels and made her feature film acting debut in Alison Maclean’s “Jesus’ Son”

ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW will open in the UK on August 19th.