Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.
Acting
Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth's chemistry is absolutely electric.
Writing
Sharp cultural specificity, not generic coming-out tropes.
Costume
Tala's wedding prep visuals are stunning cultural eye candy.
Director
Shamim Sarif
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth reunited for Sarif's 'The World Unseen' (2007), also a queer period romance.
Director Shamim Sarif adapted her own novel, drawing from her British Indian-Muslim and South African-Jewish heritage.
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"She's what? But some of my best friends are libanese" I love that line xD this movie is really good, one of the best I have ever seen.
@MsFootaddict 134
Okay I'm a straight guy, but I love that line she says. "I want to be with someone who 10 yrs from now makes my heart jumps when I hear her key inthe door." HOW ROMANTIC IS THAT?
@Bladestar7 83
"I want to be with someone who 10 years from now makes my heart jumps when I hear her key in the door." ----That is the most romantic line I have ever heard in a film. I wish I wrote it. Awesome!! :-)
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