Cast: Gina Philips, Adam Rodriguez, Bryan Greenberg, Sendhil Ramamurthy.
Of a mixed Columbian, Spanish heritage but a decidely Jewish background, Jordan (Gina Philips) struggles to fit in with her parents' image of a conservative good girl. Her parents want Jordan to marry a Jewish boy, while Jordan riles against the very idea. Her one true desire to influence and inspire people with words, turns her to debating and lands her into Harvard as part of an elite debate club. Sidetracking from this vision, she falls for a typical American bad-boy (Bryan Greenberg) type (laidback, charming, drifting through life). He breaks her heart when he cheats on her. Jordan loses her position in her debate team and goes through a period of introspection. Her gandmother relates to her an account of herself as a young girl who fell deeply in love with a married German man during world war two. As deeply as she loved him, her attachment to her native roots and traditions drove her into abandoning her lover and marrying a stranger who belonged to her own community. Jordan evenually turns to her childhood family friend, Elias (Adam Rodriguez) who's been patiently courting Jordan for years.
This Indie movie makes a point without doing so emphatically.
Rating: Three out of 5.
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