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Love the One You Love's strengths lie in its normalcy, in the recognizably banal beats of working at a relationship and the mundane factors that can sabotage them.
Elizabeth Kerr, Hollywood Reporter
Love the One You Love
2014 · 1h 35m · N/A
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Directed by
Jenna Cato Bass
Overview
Across the city of Cape Town, a sex-line operator, a dog handler and a computer technician begin to suspect that their romantic relationships are the subject of a bizarre conspiracy, involving their family, friends, and possibly even greater forces. 'Love the One You Love's parallel stories question the ideals we hold too sacred: love, happiness, and the New South Africa; the pursuit of which makes truth impossible.
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