Friday, June 28, 9:15 pm, Castro Theatre • Bay Area première •
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| Simple Wedding |
Twice in one festival, Frameline has highlighted a romantic comedy about a man and a woman. The first one, Straight Up, was about a (probably) gay man who, in frustration over his lack of gay intimacy, decides to try having a girlfriend instead. Simple Wedding, though, is the story of a bisexual man and a heterosexual woman who have a heterosexual relationship. They have gay friends, and his father married a man (played by James Eckhouse from the original Beverly Hills 90210), but both of the budding relationships are heterosexual. And yet the Hollywood studios wanted nothing to do with the project in its early days, because it was too gay. That’s why it landed in a queer film festival. Like Todd Stephens’ second feature, Gypsy 83, which was too gay for Hollywood but not gay enough for the major queer film distributors, it’s stuck in limbo.
Simple Wedding follows Nousha Husseini, born to Iranian parents but raised in Orange County, California. Nousha has trouble standing up for herself against nosy coworkers, against her overbearing mother, or against the men she dates. On the rebound from a failed relationship, she meets Alex, a bisexual man, and they quickly find themselves swept into a wedding neither really anticipated. The dramas within each of their families multiply when the in-laws meet. The cast includes a who’s-who of Iranian-American film actors, Shohreh Aghdashloo as Nousha’s mother and Maz Jobrani as her uncle, just for starters. The comedy is solid, with laughs throughout. Highly recommended.
Simple Wedding follows Nousha Husseini, born to Iranian parents but raised in Orange County, California. Nousha has trouble standing up for herself against nosy coworkers, against her overbearing mother, or against the men she dates. On the rebound from a failed relationship, she meets Alex, a bisexual man, and they quickly find themselves swept into a wedding neither really anticipated. The dramas within each of their families multiply when the in-laws meet. The cast includes a who’s-who of Iranian-American film actors, Shohreh Aghdashloo as Nousha’s mother and Maz Jobrani as her uncle, just for starters. The comedy is solid, with laughs throughout. Highly recommended.
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