After seeing We Live in Time, social media users filmed themselves sobbing, creating a loop of people seeking an emotional release and then sharing it with the world. When they came across videos on TikTok of people crying after they watched We Live in Time , a new romantic drama starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield that will come to New Zealand cinemas in January, Carmen Wells and her five roommates decided to watch the film. After the screening, “We were the last ones in the movie theatre, sitting on the floor, sobbing,” said Wells, 19, a student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Thinking that their reactions were amusing, and wanting to encourage others to see the movie, Wells made her own video. “This is me before We Live in Time ,” Well says in the video, looking composed and casual in a hoodie and glasses. A few seconds later, a shaky hand captures Wells walking on the street, sobbing as she cries out, “He loves her so much!” Another few seconds pass, and Wells is holding the camera again.
She turns it toward herself. “This is me,” she says through tears..
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