A young Indian man with curly dark hair and a mustache laughs joyfully while riding a horse-drawn sled or cart through falling snow on a dirt road. He wears a dark speckled wool coat dusted with snow, a mustard-yellow scarf and sweater, and olive gloves, gripping the reins. Bare trees and dry autumn brush line the road on the left, while the right side opens to a hazy, pale sky with a few sparse evergreen trees in the distance.

The Cycle Of Love

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About The Cycle Of Love

In 1977, a young street artist from Delhi picked up a second-hand bicycle and set off on a 6,000-mile journey to find the woman who captured his heart. Growing up poor and 'untouchable' in Delhi, PK's odds of making it across a continent on a second-hand bicycle were slim. He pedalled anyway, trying to make it to Sweden to reach Lotta.

From Academy Award-nominated director Orlando von Einsiedel, The Cycle of Love pieces together their extraordinary story through intimate interviews with PK and Lotta alongside vivid recreations that place an actor in conversation with real people along the route.

What unfolds is more than a love story. PK's journey forced him to reckon with the caste system, the weight of family expectation and the sheer imp
 

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MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

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