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I Can't Think Straight2008

Name: I Can't Think Straight
Director: Shamim Sarif
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2008
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Antonia Frering, Dalip Tahil

PG-13 Romance Comedy Drama 1h 20m

As her family finalizes the details of an elaborate Middle Eastern wedding, Palestinian bride-to-be Tala meets Leyla, a shy British Indian woman already dating Tala's best friend. What starts as an unlikely friendship pulls both women toward a connection neither expected — and a choice between the life they've been promised and the one they actually want.

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Two Cultures, Two Women, One Love

Tala has everything mapped out — a fiancé, a big traditional wedding, a life exactly like the one expected of her. Then she meets Leyla, quieter and more guarded, already seeing Tala's best friend Ali. The two argue their way into an unlikely friendship that quickly becomes something neither can explain away, forcing Tala to weigh family expectation against the first relationship that's ever felt entirely her own.

Director Shamim Sarif

Release Year 2008

Language English

Country United Kingdom

Genre

Romance Comedy Drama

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Cast

Lisa Ray

Tala

Sheetal Sheth

Leyla

Antonia Frering

Reema

Dalip Tahil

Omar

Rez Kempton

Ali

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As her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding approaches, Palestinian bride-to-be Tala meets Leyla, a British Indian woman dating Tala's best friend. Their unexpected connection forces both women to choose between the futures their families expect and the one they actually want.

The film was written and directed by Shamim Sarif, based on her own novel, and stars Lisa Ray as Tala and Sheetal Sheth as Leyla, alongside Antonia Frering and Dalip Tahil.

I Can't Think Straight is rated PG-13 and runs approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Yes — I Can't Think Straight is available to stream in HD on Cinelux, along with other related Romance and Comedy-Drama titles.

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