Movie

New Strains (2024)

• June 13, 2024
• 1h 18m

• Comedy
• Romance

Overview

This cheerfully humdrum rom-com presents a very homemade slice of first-lockdown life. But can its squabbling couple make it through a mysterious pandemic? Co-writers and filmmakers Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan play Kallia and Ram: young lovers vacationing to New York just as the pandemic unfolds. They’ve already descended into petty name-calling when the travel ban prolongs their trip indefinitely, trapping them in Kallia’s uncle’s apartment.

Directors

Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Artemis Shaw

Writers

Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Artemis Shaw

Starring

Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Cynthia Talmadge