This independent film tackles
the reality that without access to legal marriage, same sex couples in the United
States are left without protections when one is an immigrant. In order to stay
with a partner, gay and lesbian US citizens are forced to leave for one of the
sixteen countries that recognize same sex couples for the purpose of immigration. Nicole
(Deborah Stewart) and Amy (Andrea Carvajal) have been living together in Los Angeles
for fifteen years, until one day a violent federal immigration agent (Taymour
Ghazi) arrives to deport one of them as an illegal. He assumes the darker Amy
is his target, when it turns out to be blonde, blue eyed Nicole, who is a Canadian. What
transpires over the next several hours is a cat and mouse game as both Nicole
and the agent fight for the upper hand. Many will find the agent's sexual abuse
of her disturbing and difficult to watch. Unfortunately, her lack of reaction
to this and other events seems very odd, and we are stuck waiting for the end
of the drama to unfold for far too long. Will the two women flee to Canada,
or will Nicole leave in handcuffs? The film does a great job of shining a light
on this important political issue, but too much talking and music video like footage
make it tough to sit through for almost two hours. For more information on the
issues raised, see immigrationequality.org.
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