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I'll Be Gone in June

6.5(5)20262h 4m1

In 2001, Franny, a 16-year-old exchange student from Germany, arrives in the sleepy desert town of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Far from home, Franny struggles through awkward school days, stifling heat, and restless nights until she meets Elliott, a boy whose quiet sadness mirrors her own. As America reels from 9/11, something resonates within Franny and an unexpected tenderness begins to bloom.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • soulmates
  • new mexico
  • american dream
  • host family
  • teenage girl
  • 9/11
  • woman director
  • post 9/11
  • teenage dreams
  • military family
  • 2000s

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Produced in

Switzerland, Germany, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereChicago International Film Festival15 Oct 2026
    • PremierePhiladelphia Film Festival18 Oct 2026
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereFestival du Nouveau Cinéma9 Oct 2026
  • BelgiumBE

    • PremiereBrussels International Film Festival9 Sept 2026
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival1 Oct 2026
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival17 May 2026
    • PremiereDeauville American Film Festival8 Sept 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereFilmfest Hamburg 27 Sept 2026
    • PremiereBraunschweig International Film Festival10 Nov 2026
    • PremiereAround the World in 14 Films29 Nov 2026
  • IndonesiaID

    • PremiereJakarta World Cinema3 Nov 2026
  • IsraelIL

    • PremiereArava Desert Film Festival10 Nov 2026
  • LithuaniaLT

    • PremiereLokys, liūtas ir šakelė5 Oct 2026
  • PolandPL

    • PremiereTAURON New Horizons International Film Festival24 Jul 2026
    • PremiereToruńCAMERIMAGE8 Nov 2026
    • PremiereTAURON American Film Festival19 Nov 2026
  • RomaniaRO

    • PremiereBucharest International Film Festival27 Sept 2026
  • SloveniaSI

    • PremiereLjubljana International Film Festival12 Nov 2026

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I'll Be Gone in June was released on 17 May 2026.

Audience reviews

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  • B

    Brent Marchant

    10/23/2026

    6/10

    Being a stranger in a strange land can be both puzzling and wondrous. So it is when a German high school exchange student spends a school year with a family in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a story chronicled in the debut feature from writer-director Katharina Rivilis. Life in this sleepy desert town is quite a change for Franny (Naomi Cosma), both in terms of the environment and her hosts, the Garcia family, parents Tony …

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