• @UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca
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      202 months ago

      The young woman on the left comes from a conservative (I think Muslim) family that doesn’t like her playing soccer. The movie is about her navigating the pressure. It’s been a while but I remember it being pretty good

      • @wjrii@lemmy.world
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        252 months ago

        Sikh family, but broadly speaking you got it. It’s a really nice coming of age movie that passes the Bechdel test easily (there is a hint of boy drama, IIRC, just not out of proportion to being a teenager), and it’s also a very accurate slice of life portrait for English Sikhs, if my experiences with my wife’s extended family are any indication.

        • Repple (she/her)
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          112 months ago

          IIRC the original plan was for them to be gay, but the studio nixed it. It’s a good movie, but damn I wish that had happened; would have been great for me to have a movie like that back then