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With this compassionate, startling comedy that could have come from no other artistic sensibility, the brilliant Miranda July reveals a world both familiar and strange—an original vision of creativity, sexuality, childhood, and loneliness that emerges from a series of braided vignettes around a pair of potential lovers.

Richard Swersey (John Hawkes) is a shoe salesman and father of two, whose marriage has broken down. He sets up house in a close knit neighbourhood and shares custody of his 14 year old son Peter (Miles Thompson) and 7 year old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff). Christine (Miranda July) is an artist who lives in a world of her own. When she meets John at the shoe shop, she is drawn to him and they begin an unusual relationship. In the meantime, Peter becomes the guinea pig for two teenage girls experimenting with their sexuality and little Robby gets caught up in a sexually permissive internet chat with an anonymous stranger. Then there's little Sylvie (Carlie Westerman), who is secretly stashing all her dreams, along with various useful items, in her hope chest.

Director: Miranda July
Cast: John Hawkes, Miranda July, Miles Thompson
Country: USA, UK
Genre: Comedy, Drama

BD50 | 1080p AVC | 01:31:32 | 44.8 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Extras:

• Miranda July: Where It Began - in this new documentary, Miranda July and filmmaker Lena Dunham discuss July's career as a performer/writer/director and the conception of Me and You and Everyone We Know. The program was produced by Criterion in 2019. In English, not subtitled. (52 min, 1080p).

• Open to the World - in 2017, Miranda July, with the support of the organization Artangel, again utilized a department store as a setting for one of her projects, this time for a participatory artwork and singular retail experience: the United Kingdom's first interfaith charity shop. This short film documents July's process in creating a store run and staffed jointly by the four faith-based charities that she invited to collaborate: Islamic Relief, the Jewish nonprofit Norwood, the London Buddhist Centre, and the Christian Spitalfields Crypt Trust. In English, not subtitled. (10 min, 1080i).

• July Interviews July: Deauville, 2005 - presented here is footage shot by Miranda July during her visit to the Deauville American Film Festival in France, where her film Me and You and Everyone We Know was screened. The footage contains a very unique Q&A session. In English, not subtitled. (14 min, 1080i).

• Sundance Directors Lab - Miranda July submitted the script for Me and You and Everyone We Know to the Sundance Screenwriter Lab twice before the project was accepted in 2003. The same year, she was invited to the Directors Lab, where she developed the following scenes, presented here with optional commentary by July. In English, not subtitled. (20 min, 1080i).

• Deleted Scenes - in English, not subtitled. (7 min, 1080i).

• Short Films -
1. The Amateurist (1998)
2. Nest of Tens (1999)

• Joanie 4 Jackie - several films from Miranda July's Joanie 4 Jackie project, and a documentary about the program. In English, not subtitled. (45 min, 1080i).

• Trailer - an original trailer for Me and You and Everyone We Know. In English, not subtitled. (3 min, 1080p).