New Strains

Overview

This cheerfully humdrum rom-com presents a very homemade slice of first-lockdown life. But can its squabbling couple make it through a mysterious pandemic? Co-writers and filmmakers Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan play Kallia and Ram: young lovers vacationing to New York just as the pandemic unfolds. They’ve already descended into petty name-calling when the travel ban prolongs their trip indefinitely, trapping them in Kallia’s uncle’s apartment.

Directed by Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Artemis Shaw

Top cast

Artemis Shaw

Kallia

Prashanth Kamalakanthan

Ram

C

Cynthia Talmadge

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Olivier Sherman

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