A Suitable Girl

Matchmaking & Marriage in India

A SUITABLE GIRL follows three young Indian women struggling to maintain their identities and follow their dreams amid intense pressure to get married. Documenting the arranged marriage and matchmaking process in verite for over four years, the film examines the women's complex relationship with marriage, family, and society.

Winner of the Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award and nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival.

"Stirring, and heartbreaking in its examination of ingrained sociocultural sexism, and the toll it takes on entire families." -- Nick Schager, Variety