I Can't Think Straight

Name: I Can't Think Straight
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sapphic
Released: 2008
Cast: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Antonia Frering, Dalip Tahil, Nina Wadia

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 2008 · Movie

DramaRomanceSapphic

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.

Why watch it

A London-based Jordanian heiress of Palestinian descent and a British-Indian woman — Shamim Sarif adapted her own novel into a cross-cultural lesbian romance that almost nothing else in the 2000s attempted. Leads Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth also paired up in Sarif's The World Unseen, making them one of lesbian cinema's beloved duos.

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