Cactus Pears
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Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried.
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Rohan Kanawade's 'Cactus Pears' emerges as a quietly revolutionary queer masterpiece that captures stolen intimacy and unspoken love in rural India with breathtaking authenticity. Critics are moved by its delicate balance of tenderness and realism, praising how it avoids typical struggle narratives while exploring the profound loneliness of queer men in traditional villages through subtle gestures like Balya's de-thorned cactus pears and conversations filled with meaningful silences.
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- Jan 26, 2025
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ZeustavMar 6, 2025everytime anand and balya were on screen it felt like there was so much distance between them — between who they are and who they are allowed to be. every moment they share feels like stolen intimacy. this film became even more heartbreakingly real in knowing anand and…
justinwuahFeb 8, 2026a supportive mother is all you need to get through life
lalith - Jan 10, 2026
Didn't he roam around barefoot in the sun as a kid? He's not a kid anymore. If he's not a kid anymore, let him decide what he wants to do!It’s the kind of film that doesn’t try to grab you, very quiet, maybe too quiet at times, sometimes a little uneven. But that actually…
parzivalSep 16, 2025very few films show what it means to be vulnerable in love. this is one of them.
YatharthSep 21, 2025“Beyond the ideas of wrong and right, there is a field of Cactus Pears, I’ll meet you there!” In india we were told how to live, how to behave right from your birth till the day you die, even when you are an adult, you are often deprived of your desires and feelings by…
Man Of Cinema - Mar 3, 2026
Sublime. A film so tender and lived-in, watching it feels like trespassing into the private lives of Anand and Balya. Rohan Kanawade gives us the most heartfelt and nuanced take on queer relationships in Indian cinema yet. The authenticity of the village life - where…
Varun GroverFeb 10, 2026I love how this film is not just filled with rampant homophobia but you know that it's lurking in the shadows of every single conversation. One of the most beautiful, beautiful queer films I have seen in a very long time and it's refreshing that it is a maharashtrian film…
isaidwhatisaidNov 21, 2025There are few gentler films you’ll find this year than Rohan Kanawade’s “Cactus Pears.” A touching queer romance whose subtle rhythms pull us into its tender embrace. In following a man grieving the death of his father and his journey back to his small, traditional…
Robert Daniels
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- Rory lovedCactus Pears
One of the best queer films i’ve ever seen
Karanveer Singh likedCactus PearsSept 24 2025
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Nov 20, 2025
While the film centers on the comfort Anand finds with Balya and vice versa, it is also an elegantly reserved study of Anand’s grief, finding a rhythm in its scenes of ritual that allows us to ache alongside.
Natalia Winkelman
The New York Times
Aug 8, 2025
In less assured hands, Cactus Pears might have edged into trite territory, yielding to the familiar beats of trauma-laden queer love stories, but Kanawade’s considered direction and spare storytelling keep the narrative refreshing.
Lovia Gyarkye
The Hollywood Reporter
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How long is Cactus Pears (2025)?
The movie is 1hr 52min long.
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Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried.
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