![]() ![]() Yet Leyla refuses to acknowledge her sapphic desires until her Oxford weekend culminates in a sensual dance turned, in a flurry of rapid cuts and awkward close-ups, to soft kisses and heavy petting.Īfter their Oxford encounter their roles reverse, with bashful Leyla staking a bold claim to Tala’s affection and her brash lover cracking under the pressure of social propriety. lang CDs (seriously), and puts two and two together. At this point, Leyla’s spunky sister registers Leyla’s excitement, notices her k.d. Tala reads some of Leyla’s prose and pronounces her a Major Talent Leyla begs her parents to let her spend a weekend with Tala at Oxford. ![]() ![]() The next day, after a breathy, strenuous tennis match, it’s clear the two have kindled a romance - though they remain ostensibly oblivious to their nascent feelings. During their first encounter, Tala immediately shakes up Leyla’s world with some banal provocations about religion. Her wealthy Christian parents throw her an elaborate engagement party, after which she leaves Jordan for London, where she meets Leyla (Sheth), the guarded Indian-Muslim girlfriend of her friend Ali ( Rez Kempton). NewFest Turns 30: An Oral History of New York’s LGBTQ Film FestivalĪs the movie opens, Tala finds herself betrothed for the fourth time, after having broken three previous engagements on or near the scheduled wedding days. ![]()
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