The Cycle of Love

In what has been a remarkable year for documentary filmmaking, you won’t find a more romantic and uplifting example of the form than The Cycle of Love, the story of an Indian street artist who followed the love of his life from Delhi to Sweden, via bicycle.

PK — born into the “untouchable” class — was inspired by a prophecy from his infancy, when a fortune teller claimed that “You will marry a girl who is not from the village, not even from this country; she will be musical, own a jungle and be born under the sign of the ox.” Sketching Swedish tourist Lotta in 1975, he felt an instant connection. And as it turned out, she matched the prophecy (sort of). Emboldened, he asked her out and indeed, they fell in love. But she had to return to her country, and assumed that would be the end of it. But for PK, their destiny was never in doubt…

Everything about this film is beautiful… It’s one of the best movies I’ve seen this year, fiction or nonfiction.

Christopher Campbell, NonFics

Delicate and heartwarming, Orlando von Einsiedel’s stirring documentary The Cycle of Love is the kind of film whose sweet subject transcends time and borders.

Robert Daniels, rogerebert.com

The Cycle of Love stands as one of the most romantic documentaries in years, an inspiring true story of resilience, destiny, and the extraordinary lengths one man went to for the love of his life.

Daniel Howat, Next Best Picture