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Entwined
Entwined is a romantic and clandestine love
story set in scenic Miami. Among the cast
of characters is a group of sultry, young,
urban professional Miami lesbians. The film's
focal point lands on the blooming attraction
between Cuban/American grad student Elena
(Veronica Sanchez) and her film professor,
the graceful and cultivated blonde Julia (Kim
Ostrenko). As is the case with most furtive
love affairs, the slow disintegration of their
respective long-term relationships soon follow.
Complicating matters are the existing domestic
duties, pets, child-rearing and past intimacies
for both couples. Elena has been coping with
her jealous, suspicious and volatile Latina
cop steady while Julia has been living with
a woman she no longer loves. Eventually the
two decide that they must tell the partners
about their transgressions'. What ensues are
the truthful realities of lesbian life, with
all the conflict that occurs when new passions
compete with established intimacies. The first
rate soundtrack features Ani DiFranco, k.d.
lang, Sophie B. Hawkins, Willy Chirino, Cachao,
Lissette, Albita and Lionfish. |
Et L'Amour
This short film is a purely sensuous, erotic
encounter between two women who meet and
spend the rest of the film exploring each
other's bodies in a realistic and passionate
way. Featuring no dialogue, the action is
filmed in a surreal fashion, blurring the
lines between fantasy and reality, lover
and stranger. |
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Fire
Set in New Delhi, this film is
about the lives of an extended family who
try to cope with living in a proper society.
Radha (Shabana Azmi) has been married to
Ashok (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) for 15 years
but lives with the burden that she can't
bear a child for him. Sita (Nandita Das)
is forced to marry Jatin (Jaaved Jaaffery)
who continues to see his Chinese girlfriend.
It doesn't take long for Sita to realize
that she and Radha are falling in love,
against Indian traditions. |
| Foxfire
A breakthrough film about female
friendship and rebellion, Foxfire follows
four suburban high school girls who are
united when a mysterious stranger inspires
them to take revenge on a sexually abusive
teacher. But when the local jocks decide
to teach the girls a lesson, their hard-won
freedom becomes a violent trap. |
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Fried
Green Tomatoes
In a Southern nursing home, a feisty
resident befriends a depressed housewife
and stirs her to action with an inspirational
tale. She tells the story of a transcendent
friendship between two young women living
in Alabama in the 1930s, who forge a powerful
bond after witnessing a terrible tragedy
together. Their friendship lasts through
many ups and downs over the years, helping
one of the women through an abusive marriage,
and buoying both of them through the gossip
and jealousy of those small-minded people
who try to control their lives. |
