A thirty-year-old city-dweller compelled to spend a ten-day mourning of his father in the rugged countryside of Western India tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, he must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress. A groundbreaking Marathi film that sensitively portrays queer love and rural identity. “I was so deeply moved by Cactus Pears—it captures longing, grief and tenderness in a way that lingers long after the film ends. An intense and tender tale of a quiet romance—a rare gift of a film that makes you want to reach out and hold the hand of a person you love” –Payal Kapadia, director of All We Imagine as Light. Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival.