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Completed - ENGLISH - Drama, LGBT, True Story - 98 minutes

Log Line

In the mid-20th century, a lesbian estranged by her family struggles to get them back by falsely adopting the faith of a Christian household where she takes shelter, but finds herself infatuated with their daughter.

Previous markets

  • AFM 2018 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2019 (Line up)
  • Red Sea 2020 (Line up)
  • Ventana Sur 2021 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Nguyen NGUYEN
Writer(s) : Nguyen NGUYEN, Steven joshua MORRISON
Cast : Stefanie ESTES, Sarah NAVRATIL , Olivia HOWELL

Producer(s) : Steven joshua MORRISON (Horsehead Cinema LLC), Nguyen NGUYEN

Synopsis

Based on a true story, A Sweetest Kiss portrays the dramatic, romantic struggles of a lesbian woman (Alice Mitchell) in the restrictive suburbs of 1950’s America. After being estranged by her family, Alice’s fate forces her to work the streets confronting danger at every corner. Eventually, an upstanding family takes her in and Alice starts to win them over by adopting their Christian faith while suppressing her romantic feelings for their beautiful daughter Annabel. But a pious relative Lillian intervenes when Alice and Annabel begin to fall in love. Despite efforts to reject her own passionate emotions and commit more deeply to her religious faith, Alice is drawn back to Annabel, each risking everything to follow their hearts. A final confrontation threatens to destroy the complicated façades that confine the community culminating in a final choice for Alice and Annabel.
Los Angeles Film Awards Winner, LAIFFA Winner

Market status

  • Screening (Premiere)
  • EFM
    Online Screening Confirmed, Screening, Screening

Screenings

Dec 31 05:07 VENTANA SUR THEATRICAL outlook
EFM
Mar 22 09:13 Arsenal 3 outlook
Mar 22 15:09 Arsenal 3 outlook

Production

Country(ies) : USA


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