SYLVIE’S LOVE (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Tessa Thompson (Creed), Nnamdi Asomugha (Crown Heights), Aja Naomi King (The Birth of a Nation), Ryan Michelle Bathe (One For The Money), Regé-Jean Page (Mortal Engines), Eva Longoria (Dog Days), John Magaro (The Big Short), Ed Weeks (3rd Street Blackout), Lance Reddick (John Wick), Jemima Kirke (The Little Hours), MC Lyte (Patti Cake$), Alano Miller (Loving), Erica Gimpel (No Such Thing), Tone Bell (Little), Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids), Ron Funches (Trolls World Tour), Raquel Horsford (Vacuums)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Eugene Ashe (Homecoming), director, writer, producer; Nnamdi Asomugha (The Banker), Jonathan Baker (Manifest Destiny Down: Spacetime), Gabrielle Glore (Dirty Laundry) and Matthew Thurm (11:55), producers; Fabrice Lecomte (film debut), composer; Declan Quinn (Leaving Las Vegas), cinematographer; Dana Congdon (The Basketball Diaries), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

During a hot New York summer in 1957, saxophonist Robert (Asomugha) and aspiring television producer Sylvie (Thompson) cross paths when he applies for a part-time job at her father’s record store. Their friendship soon blossoms into something passionate, but as the summer dies down and their careers begin moving in different directions, the two part ways. Years later, a chance meeting between the two shows that their lives may have changed, but their feelings may not have…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha make a charming couple in this love-drenched historical romantic drama, released just in time for the loveliest time of the year.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 23RD DECEMBER 2020 (AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO)

 

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