YES is the fourth feature film by the award-winning team of writer/director Sally Potter and producer Christopher Sheppard. Following the ground-breaking and much lauded ORLANDO (1992), they went on to make the THE TANGO LESSON (1997) and THE MAN WHO CRIED (2000). For YES they have been joined by independent New York producer Andrew Fierberg in a complex production that was shot in six short weeks in London, Belfast, the Dominican Republic and Havana.
Potter’s complex, ambitious film stars Joan Allen, Simon Akbarian, Shirley Henderson, and Sam Neill. YES tells the story of a passionate love affair between an Irish/American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation – religious, political and sexual. Chlotrudis members will certainly have a wide variety of opinions on YES, and that’s one of the reasons why you shouldn’t miss it.
Sony Pictures Classics opens YES in the United States on June 24. (Click on the image to the left for a full poster.)