I Can't Think Straight

This article is about the film. For the novel, see I Can't Think Straight (novel).
I Can't Think Straight
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShamim Sarif
Screenplay by
Based onI Can't Think Straight
by Shamim Sarif
Produced byHanan Kattan
Starring
CinematographyAseem Bajaj
Edited byDavid Martin
Music byRaiomond Mirza
Production
company
Distributed byEnlightenment Films
Release dates
  • 26 October 2008 (2008-10-26) (Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival)
  • 3 April 2009 (2009-04-03) (United Kingdom)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

I Can't Think Straight is a 2008 British romantic drama film directed by Shamim Sarif. Based on Sarif's 2008 novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian descent, Tala, who is preparing for an elaborate wedding when a turn of events causes her to have an affair, and subsequently fall in love, with another woman, Leyla, a British Indian. The film stars Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth.

I Can't Think Straight was produced by Enlightenment Productions and distributed in the United States by Regent Releasing and Here! Films.[1][2] It was released in different regions between 2008 and 2009.[3] The DVD was released on 4 May 2009.[4][5]

The lead actresses, Ray and Sheth, also starred in Sarif's 2007 lesbian-themed historical drama film The World Unseen.

  1. ^ Kay, Jeremy (16 September 2008). "here! buys North American rights to Sarif's I Can't Think Straight". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. ^ Scheib, Ronnie (18 November 2008). "I Can't Think Straight". Variety. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. ^ "I Can't Think Straight". Icantthinkstraightfilm.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-12. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  4. ^ Best, Jason (4 May 2009). "Out on DVD – I Can't Think Straight & The World Unseen". What's on TV. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. ^ "I Can't Think Straight". Enlightenment Productions. Retrieved 21 May 2013.[permanent dead link‍]