A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

Filmmaker James Ivory, bereft of his lifelong partner and co-founder of Merchant Ivory Productions, turns to the archives. He pieces together fragments of unfinished projects, intimate behind-the-scenes home videos, and candid interviews with Julia Roberts, Anthony Hopkins, and Emma Thompson. This endeavor becomes more than a chronicle of producer Ismail Merchant's life; it is an attempt to capture the very essence of their unique creative partnership, a collaboration that for three decades defined the aesthetic of period cinema.