Margarita, With a Straw is a sturdily conceived, emotionally direct drama.
Margarita with a Straw
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India · 2015
Rated PG-13 · 1h 40m
Director Shonali Bose
Starring Kalki Koechlin, Revathi, Sayani Gupta, William Moseley
Genre Bollywood, Drama, Family
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Laila, a university student with cerebral palsy, lives with her single mother in Delhi. She receives an exciting opportunity to study in New York City. For the first time, Laila is truly alone in an unfamiliar landscape. Making friends and finding lifelong lovers, Laila learns what it means to be herself.
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Overall, Margarita, With a Straw is an unexpected delight of charm and substance.
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
Koechlin gives such a remarkably warm, expressive performance (she and Gupta are non-disabled) it’s hard not to be captivated by much of this tender, if choppy film.
The Hollywood Reporter by Leslie Felperin
Director Bose handles the material with a light, elegant touch. It helps that the cast, especially the remarkable Koechlin who gives a bravura performance in both physical and emotional terms, can carry it all off.
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