User Reviews

A wonderful love story, with Poppy a generous lover as director, this film also depicts honestly and without prejudice warm characters in both families around Poppy, Australian and Sandeep, British-Asian.

In particular, it is rare to see on-screen such unfettered description of British-Asian girls, free in their speech and manners, open and joyful and yet mindful of the cultural heritage that they have.

Essentially, we see Poppy setting out to find love on-line, as one does. The girl she soon cares for though, lives in England, has had very few gay experiences, lives at home in a Sikh family who does not know she is gay.

For the Australian free-spirited filmmaker that is not a mean feat. But undeterred, she actually sends a camera to her new found love interest and sets out on a quest.

I would not like to say much more other than it is an unusual story told in simple terms.

The few glimpses of Sandeep's mother are also a feat.

Watching this story unfold throughout the film is a truly beautiful and intimate experience-particularly in relation to Sandeep's journey. Her courage in bare it all so as to pursue a woman with whom she had connected in an already unconventional manner (not many people were openly online dating in 2007, let alone long-distance) was breathtaking and resonant.

She is owed a great deal of respect and reverence for her unwavering choice to speak the truth and stay with it, even when it was deeply confronting, painful, and isolating. Ultimately, Sandeep faced down the very real possibility of losing her most treasured relationships and chose to raise her voice to break a collectively held silence that still to this day inflicts immeasurable hurt and shame upon so many.

Sandeep, you are the light that shines upon our shadow, helping us to grow, to be kind, to set sacred boundaries and to live in our truth. Thank you to both of you for sharing this story with us.