After picking up the NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) award for Best Asian Film at the 39th Toronto International Film Festival, Margarita with a Straw is due to get a British airing at the London Film Festival in a few days time. As a result it’s a great opportunity to take a look at the LGBT-inclusive movie.
The film is directed by Bengali film-maker Shonali Bose, whose award-winning film Amu previously explored the suppressed history of the genocidal attacks on Sikhs in Delhi in 1984. The film follows Laila (Kalki Koechlin), who embarks on the journey to seek love and acceptance. Sayani Gupta (Tasher Desh), plays the feisty and beautiful feminist with whom Laila embarks on a relationship, while veteran Indian actress Revathy is Laila’s mother and British actor William Moseley (Chronicles of Narnia), is Laila’s handsome friend Jared.
The film will be screened on 17th & 18th October 2014 at Vue West End Cinema & Vue Cinema Islington, London respectively. Tickets can be purchased via the festival website.
Take a look at the movie’s trailer below.
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