Though it runs just 93 minutes, this cinema-verite documentary by Bing Liu manages to feel like an epic.

It will warm your heart but possibly break it a little too.

This is a movie about what people are prepared to swallow when they're thirsty for love.

...Liu and screenplay writer Martyna Majok (with Barry Jenkins as a producer) have given us a strangely watered down version of Lish’s harrowing, vivid story. Perhaps it’s better to see the film before reading the book.