From creating documentaries in India during the 1960s to producing the Oscar-winning romantic dramas of the 1990s, James Ivory and Ismail Merchant’s partnership in both life and film has left a lasting mark on cinema history. This captivating documentary features interviews with frequent collaborators, including Vanessa Redgrave, Emma Thompson, and Helena Bonham Carter, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at their most influential works while exploring the profound bond that defined their relationship.

Reviews

‘More important and radically, the film explores groundbreaking depictions of the inner lives of gay men in several Merchant Ivory films.’
Alissa Wilkinson, The New York Times

‘”Merchant Ivory” will almost certainly put you in the mood for a Merchant-Ivory movie, which might turn out to be even better than you remembered — a period piece that, for all its trappings of the past, couldn’t feel less remote.’
Zachary Barnes, Wall Street Journal