Love Stories
What would cinema be without love stories? Here are three for Valentine’s Day season: Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala, a romantic comedy blending the cultures of India, Uganda and the American South; Truong Minh Quy’s Viêt and Nam, a poetic and hypnotic descent into the abyss of historical trauma; and Maria Maggenti’s The Incredibly True Adventure Of Two Girls In Love, one of the all-too-few lesbian romances to emerge from American cinema in the 1990s.
Love Stories
Mississippi Masala
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius. Their passionate romance challenges the prejudices of both of their families.
Mira Nair
United States
language: English, Swahili
subtitles: French
117 min
Love Stories
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
When Evie befriends Randy, she finds herself confronted with a passion she has never felt before.
Maria Maggenti
United States
language: English
84 min
Love Stories
Viêt and Nam
In the underground coal mines, Nam and Viet, young miners, face danger and darkness. One prepares to leave for a new life, but they must find Nam’s father’s remains, a soldier lost in a faraway forest, retracing the past through memories.
Trương Minh Quý
Vietnam
language: Vietnamese
subtitles: English
128 min
