The story follows Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) as they navigate years of shared life, with the narrative jumping back and forth in time. Their bond is tested when Almut is diagnosed with stage III ovarian cancer, forcing the couple to face tough decisions for themselves and their young daughter.

In the film, Garfield’s and Pugh’s characters fall in love after an unlikely meet-cute involving a car accident. And after watching their press tour, I (and the rest of the internet, clearly) have become convinced that the actors want us to believe that the romance was actually real.

On paper, We Live in Time seems thoughtfully formulated to be the perfect tearjerker for today. John Crowley, the celebrated helmer of the stunning Saoirse Ronan romance Brooklyn, teams with heralded actors/internet darlings Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in a weepy romance of wooing and tragic loss.

The horse is totally in the movie, babe! Romantic dramas don’t always get the hype they deserve, but that’s not the case for the Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh-led film We Live In Time. Ever since the first look photos dropped,

“We Live in Time,” directed by John Crowley (“Brooklyn”), premiered over the weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival. In it, Pugh and Garfield play a couple whose life together isn’t told chronologically, but spans meeting, falling in love, having a child and battling cancer.

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield collaborated for the first time on John Crowley’s tearjerker romantic drama We Live In Time, but their connection on set was instantaneous and “magical.” Speaking to Entertainment Weekly,