Chutney Popcorn

Chutney Popcorn

A woman. Her girlfriend. A sister. Her husband. Their baby.

200192 min5.4 / 10

An intimate family drama exploring identity, belonging, and the competing loyalties between romantic partnership and familial obligation across cultural and sexual divides.

Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is happily married, discovers that she is infertile. Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her sister's baby, hoping to improve her relationship with their mother, who disapproves of Reena's sexual orientation. Reena has second thoughts when her girlfriend Lisa feels left out.

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