I Can't Think Straight ( I Can Not Think Straight )

I Can't Think Straight (DVD) (*)

$29.99

Alternate Title: I Can Not Think Straight
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Chinese ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Shamim Sarif

Written By:
Shamim Sarif
Kelly Moss

Actors:
Lisa Ray ..... Tala
Sheetal Sheth ..... Leyla
Antonia Frering ..... Reema
Dalip Tahil ..... Omar
Nina Wadia ..... Housekeeper
Ernest Ignatius ..... Sam
Siddiqua Akhtar ..... Maya
Amber Rose Revah ..... Yasmin
Anya Lahiri ..... Lamia
Kimberly Jaraj ..... Zina
Sam Vincenti ..... Kareem
Rez Kempton ..... Ali
Daud Shah ..... Hani
George Tardios ..... Uncle Ramzi
Ishwar Maharaj ..... Sami

Synopsis:

Tala, a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian origin prepares for an elaborate wedding with her Jordanian fiancé, when she encounters Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend Ali. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other but the attraction is immediate. Tala's feisty nature provokes Leyla out of her shell and soon both women reveal their feelings for each other. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made and escapes back to Jordan where her chain-smoking high-brow mother finishes preparations for an ostentatious wedding. As family members descend and the wedding day approaches, simmering family tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself. Meanwhile heartbroken Leyla relishes her newly found sense of identity and self-respect and moves on with her new life--much to the shock of her tradition-loving Indian parents. Single again, Tala flies back to London--but it will take more than just a date set up by Ali and Leyla's sister Zara to win Leyla back.

In the upper echelons of traditional Middle Eastern society, Reema and Omar prepare for the marriage of their daughter Tala. But back at work in London, Tala encounters Leyla, a young British Indian 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. As the women fall in love, 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.

Drama. When they first meet in London, Tala is awaiting her wedding day back in Jordan, whilst Layla is dating Tala's best friend Ali. When Tala and Layla fall in love they are both faced with making some difficult life changes.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 24 August, 2009.

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