I Can't Think Straight

I Can't Think Straight

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Shamim Sarif
Produced by Hanan Kattan
Written by Shamim Sarif
Kelly Moss
Starring Lisa Ray
Sheetal Sheth
Music by Raiomond Mirza
Cinematography Aseem Bajaj
Edited by David Martin
Distributed by Enlightenment Productions
Regent Releasing
Release dates
  • June 2008 (2008-06) (London Film Focus)
Running time
 80 minutes
Country United States
United Kingdom
India
Language English

I Can't Think Straight is a 2008 romance film adapted from a same name novel about a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian descent, Tala, who is preparing for an elaborate wedding. A turn of events causes her to have an affair and subsequently fall in love with another woman, Leyla, a British Indian. The movie is distributed by Enlightenment Productions. It was released in different theatres between 2008 and 2009.[1] The DVD was released on 4 May 2009.[2] The movie is directed by Shamim Sarif and stars Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth.

The two actresses star in another movie with lesbian characters, The World Unseen, released in 2008.

Plot

In the upper echelons of traditional Middle Eastern society, wealthy Christian Palestinians Reema and Omar prepare for the marriage of their visiting daughter Tala to Hani in Jordan. But back at work in London, Tala encounters Leyla, a young British Indian Muslim woman who is dating Tala's best friend Ali. Tala sees something unique in the artless, clumsy, sensitive Leyla who secretly works to become a writer. And Tala's forthright challenges to Leyla's beliefs begins a journey of self-awareness for Leyla. After a weekend getaway into the countryside, Tala and Leyla sleep together and the two women begin to fall in love. However, Tala's own sense of duty and cultural restraint cause her to pull away from Leyla and fly back to Jordan where the preparations for an ostentatious wedding are well under way.

As family members descend and the wedding day approaches, the pressure mounts until Tala finally cracks and extricates herself. Back in London, Leyla is heartbroken but learns to break free of her own self-doubt and her mother's expectations, ditching Ali and being honest with her parents about her sexuality. When Ali and Leyla's feisty sister, Yasmin, help try to get Tala and Leyla together again, Tala finds that her own preconceptions of what love can be is the final hurdle she must jump to win Leyla back.

Cast

Awards

International releases

References

  1. ↑ "I Can't Think Straight". Icantthinkstraightfilm.com. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  2. ↑ "Enlightenment Productions, books, films, music and more…". Enlightenment Productions. Retrieved 2013-05-21.

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