Lovesick

A warm, hopeful documentary that finds humor and resilience in the face of stigma, drawing you into its intimate, long-term portrait of the search for love.

Tagline

How do you find love if you’re HIV+? One doctor finds a way – by matchmaking her HIV+ patients.

Overview

LOVESICK interweaves Dr. Solomon’s personal and professional journeys with the lives of two patients: Karthik, a reticent bachelor, and Manu who, like many women in India, was infected by her first husband. As Karthik and Manu search for love, they learn how to survive under the shadow of HIV. Shot over eight years and told with humor and compassion, LOVESICK is a surprising and hopeful story about the universal desire for love. In India, where marriage is a must but AIDS carries a stigma, what are HIV-positive people to do?

How it feels

Warm, uplifting, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Love, isolation, survival, healing

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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