Politics of Love (2011)

Director
William Dear

Main cast
Brian J. White; Mallika Sherawat; Loretta Devine; Gerry Bednob; Anil Raman

Genres
Romance, Comedy

Description
Politics makes strange bedfellows, but never stranger than when a sexy, savvy, African-American conservative Republican reluctantly falls for his Democratic counterpart: a beautiful Indian-American Obama campaign volunteer. Sparks fly, tempers flare, heads turn, and romance blossoms for this mismatched pair of lovers in the frantic and intoxicating days leading up to Election Day. Can the politics of love conquer all?


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