i CaN'T THiNK STRaiGHT (2008)
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. When Ali and Leyla's
feisty sister Zara help throw 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.
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