The Cycle of Love
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DFS: Borders and Belonging

Cycle of Love

May 22, 2026

This documentary romance adventure tells the story of a dalit artist who crosses continents on a bicycle to find the Swedish woman he believes is his destined love.

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"If you do not change direction," the Buddha teaches us, "you may end up where you are heading." And so P.K. Mahanandia, a young artist and a Dalit—a member of India's oppressed untouchable caste—sets out to achieve his destiny. A fortuneteller had prophesied that in his twenties, P.K. would meet a foreigner, that she would be a Taurus and that they would marry. When a Swedish woman named Lotta unexpectedly came into his life, he quizzed her ... and she met the prophecy's conditions. But when Lotta left India, P.K. was undeterred. 

A great romantic adventure, a tale of self-empowerment and a very long bicycle journey across three continents was about to begin. Oscar-winning director Orlando von Einsiedel (Virunga, The White Helmets) reconstructs the epic trip with ingenuity, respect and tenderness, delivering a film that was the talk of the Telluride Film Festival.

D: Orlando von Einsiedel, UK/India/Sweden, subtitled, 2025, 1h38m

Programmed as part of the Dartmouth Film Society series "Borders and Belonging"

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