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Meet the Patels (2014)

Meet the Patels poster
Directed by
Ravi Patel
Genre
romance, comedy, documentary
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 53 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary where a single man lets his family help him find a wife. It shows his experiences with traditional matchmaking and his own search for love.

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What happens

Meet the Patels is a 2014 American romantic comedy documentary film directed by siblings Geeta Patel and Ravi Patel. The film explores the expectations surrounding marriage in the Patels' first-generation Indian immigrant family and in wider American society. It had its international premiere at Hot Docs in April 2014. Fox Searchlight acquired remake rights after the documentary won the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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