Becoming Leela

Becoming Leela

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Becoming Leela

2018

0h 11m

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Drama

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Leela's mother tries to coerce her into a gender stereotype, while Leela thinks only of leaving home to study in Toronto with her lover. Taking up the codes of Bollywood, Becoming Leela is above all a quest for freedom.

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Directed by: AJ

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