"Ocean of Pearls"

The tense juxtaposition of ancient culture and modern world has offered ample subject matter to filmmakers the past couple of decades, and "Ocean of Pearls" shows the theme is far from exhausted.

That it does so in a pointedly low-key manner — no heads get broken here — makes it all the more interesting, even if the dramatic cues lean at times toward TV-movie territory.

First-time director and writer (and physician) Sarab Neelam deals with a difficult, complex subject in a manner that is obviously heartfelt.

Amrit Singh (Omid Ahtabi) is a Sikh physician in Toronto when he's lured to a new transplant program in Detroit. Leaving behind his girlfriend, Smita (Navi Rawat), Amrit moves to Michigan.

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