Tilda Swinton (as Martha)

They were losing, families were disowning them, all sorts of things were happening. Not everybody, of course, but there were these tortuous scenarios that came with the fear around this illness and the fear being born by ignorance, of course, as ever.

They were losing, families were disowning them, all sorts of things were happening. Not everybody, of course, but there were these tortuous scenarios that came with the fear around this illness and the fear being born by ignorance, of course, as ever.

And he was someone who was a public figure who stepped right into that zone, right into that light and brought light onto that fear and owned it and said, yes, I am HIV positive and had another five years of life and filmmaking, by the way, until he finally left the building in 1994. And I was what I would call in the Ingrid position, in the position of the

And he was someone who was a public figure who stepped right into that zone, right into that light and brought light onto that fear and owned it and said, yes, I am HIV positive and had another five years of life and filmmaking, by the way, until he finally left the building in 1994. And I was what I would call in the Ingrid position, in the position of the

And he was someone who was a public figure who stepped right into that zone, right into that light and brought light onto that fear and owned it and said, yes, I am HIV positive and had another five years of life and filmmaking, by the way, until he finally left the building in 1994. And I was what I would call in the Ingrid position, in the position of the

person who Julianne Moore plays in this film. I was young. I was, whatever, 27. And I was very frightened. I was ignorant. I hadn't known, apart from my grandparents, I hadn't been close to anybody who had died and knew nothing, hadn't at that point reflected on death at all, particularly, and was very, very frightened. And he figured for me an attitude to mortality that

person who Julianne Moore plays in this film. I was young. I was, whatever, 27. And I was very frightened. I was ignorant. I hadn't known, apart from my grandparents, I hadn't been close to anybody who had died and knew nothing, hadn't at that point reflected on death at all, particularly, and was very, very frightened. And he figured for me an attitude to mortality that

person who Julianne Moore plays in this film. I was young. I was, whatever, 27. And I was very frightened. I was ignorant. I hadn't known, apart from my grandparents, I hadn't been close to anybody who had died and knew nothing, hadn't at that point reflected on death at all, particularly, and was very, very frightened. And he figured for me an attitude to mortality that

which has informed my entire life since and definitely my portrayal of Martha. He just faced it down. And I remember this one particular moment when we were in the hospital and he was being very pragmatic and saying to me, right now, Tilda, I want to talk about this.

which has informed my entire life since and definitely my portrayal of Martha. He just faced it down. And I remember this one particular moment when we were in the hospital and he was being very pragmatic and saying to me, right now, Tilda, I want to talk about this.

which has informed my entire life since and definitely my portrayal of Martha. He just faced it down. And I remember this one particular moment when we were in the hospital and he was being very pragmatic and saying to me, right now, Tilda, I want to talk about this.

I want to leave this cottage to you and I want this to happen and I want you to do this with the paintings because I was sort of an heir to him. And I felt myself crying. I felt these tears welling up. And he took one look at me and said, nope. No, can't do this. Can't do this. If you're going to do that, can't do it. Sorry. And I was so challenged by that because it felt very brusque.

I want to leave this cottage to you and I want this to happen and I want you to do this with the paintings because I was sort of an heir to him. And I felt myself crying. I felt these tears welling up. And he took one look at me and said, nope. No, can't do this. Can't do this. If you're going to do that, can't do it. Sorry. And I was so challenged by that because it felt very brusque.

I want to leave this cottage to you and I want this to happen and I want you to do this with the paintings because I was sort of an heir to him. And I felt myself crying. I felt these tears welling up. And he took one look at me and said, nope. No, can't do this. Can't do this. If you're going to do that, can't do it. Sorry. And I was so challenged by that because it felt very brusque.

It felt very tough of him. But now I understand what he was doing. He was basically saying to me, I need something from you. And if you are not clear to give it to me right now, can you just absent yourself, work your head out and come back and be that person for me that I need you to be? Which I was able to do.

It felt very tough of him. But now I understand what he was doing. He was basically saying to me, I need something from you. And if you are not clear to give it to me right now, can you just absent yourself, work your head out and come back and be that person for me that I need you to be? Which I was able to do.

It felt very tough of him. But now I understand what he was doing. He was basically saying to me, I need something from you. And if you are not clear to give it to me right now, can you just absent yourself, work your head out and come back and be that person for me that I need you to be? Which I was able to do.

I was able to understand the message, you know, go away, deal with my own feelings and then come back and learn how to be. that person who Ingrid learns to be for Martha in our film.

I was able to understand the message, you know, go away, deal with my own feelings and then come back and learn how to be. that person who Ingrid learns to be for Martha in our film.

I was able to understand the message, you know, go away, deal with my own feelings and then come back and learn how to be. that person who Ingrid learns to be for Martha in our film.