The Big Sick The Big Sick

Michael Showalter / USA / 2017 / 120 min / English

Starring beloved comic Kumail Nanjiani, this semi-autobiographical film enchanted festival-goers at Sundance and Locarno.

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In Chicago, Pakistan-born comic Kumail meets student Emily after one of his performances. Despite their best efforts, their relationship blossoms and Kumail finds himself in a sticky situation as his parents seek to set him up with an arranged marriage with a Pakistani bride. But Kumail's world is turned upside town when Emily is sent to hospital with an unknown serious illness…

Starring beloved comic Kumail Nanjiani, this semi-autobiographical film enchanted festival-goers at Sundance and Locarno.

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