Cactus Pears

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Cactus Pears

2025

1h 52m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.

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Critics Consensus

Directed with a razor-sharp eye for character by Rohan Kanawade, Cactus Pears is an understated romance that gracefully pulls out the prickles from grief.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

Dec 31

A lovely film, very thoughtful. Nothing really happens, and that's what I think I love about it the most.

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

Dec 12

3/4

Kanawade handles all these competing emotional storylines with assuredness, his delicate direction combining with sensitive performances, colorful costumes and sumptuous cinematography for a very memorable debut.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Dec 12

3.5/4

This is a gentle beauty of a film from a filmmaker who is on his way to greatness.

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Marlon Wallace

The M Report (WBOC.com)

Apr 15

Many scenes are done in wide-shot and in long, continuous takes. This seems to be done because Kanawade wants us to sit and stew in these moments. Use of mostly wide shots does create a distancing effect from the characters in a literal and emotional way.

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Rohan Naahar

The Long Take Podcast

Mar 5

Sabar Bonda, the Marathi film that won a prestigious honour at Sundance, is either a poetic exploration of the road not taken or a pretentious try-hard desperate to feel important.

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Akhil Arora

The Long Take Podcast

Feb 14

A poetic exploration of the road not taken or a pretentious try-hard desperate to feel important.

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Rajeev R

@RT23876885 Apr 28

Quiet, observant, empathetic. Describes both the movie and how it lulls you into being, a few minutes in.

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Rahul S

@RT19439499 Nov 25

Moved at a decent pace. Really moving story of not only the romantic relationship between two men but also the love between a mother and her son. Strongly recommend.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Nov 21

The worldwide gross is $11,500.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.

Director: Rohan Kanawade
Producer: Naren Chandavarkar, Neeraj Churi, Rohan Kanawade, Mohamed Khaki, Sidharth Meer, Kaushik Ray, Hareesh Reddypalli
Screenwriter: Rohan Kanawade
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Dark Stories, Lotus Visual Productions, Moonweave Films, Taran Tantra Telefilms, Bridge PostWorks
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: Marathi
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 21, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 52m