I Can't Think Straight
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Shamim Sarif
Lisa Ray
Sheetal Sheth
Gabrielle Amies
Daud Shah
Rez Kempton
Film Details
Technical Specs
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.
Director
Shamim Sarif
Cast
Lisa Ray
Sheetal Sheth
Gabrielle Amies
Daud Shah
Rez Kempton
Anya Lahiri
George Tardios
Sam Vincenti
Antonia Frering
Amber Rose Revah
Siddiqua Akhtar
Crew
Daisy Allsop
Aseem Bajaj
Kate Carter
Douglas Fairgreaves
Cecilia Frugiuele
Rajendra Hegde
Lisa Tchenguiz Imerman
Roger Johnson
Jay Karik
Aida Kattan
Hanan Kattan
Hanan Kattan
Sheerin Khasrowshahi-miandoab
Charlie Knight
Maria Vittoria Lucaccini
David Martin
David Martin
Louise Mcmanus
Raiomond Mirza
Kelly Moss
Kelly Moss
Shamim Sarif
Shamim Sarif
Roy Sudip
Iesh Thapar
Mervyn Wilson
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 21, 2008
Limited Release in United States November 21, 2008
Released in United States on Video January 26, 2010
Released in United States January 2009
Released in United States June 2009
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-19, 2009.
Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (Showcases) June 18-28, 2009.
Based on the novel "I Can't Think Straight" by Shamim Sarif and published November 11, 2008.
Feature directorial debut for Shamim Sarif.
Released in United States Fall November 21, 2008
Limited Release in United States November 21, 2008
Released in United States on Video January 26, 2010
Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-19, 2009.)
Released in United States June 2009 (Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (Showcases) June 18-28, 2009.)
