Preview — Sylvie’s Love: A Story About Fate
Sylvie’s Love is a brand new Amazon original that follows the bond between two people over the years. Eugene Ashe brings the story to life as the writer/director.
The film follows Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha) and Sylvie (Tessa Thompson) as they begin their friendship at Sylvie’s father’s record store in the summer of 1957. Shortly after, their friendship blooms into a love that lasts longer than either of them imagined.
Eugene Ashe combines romance and music into a sweeping story that brings together changing times, a changing culture, and the true price of love.
Joining the star-studded cast list alongside Asomugha and Thompson include Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), Aja Naomi King (How To Get Away With Murder), Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs), and Jemima Kirke (Girls).
Check out the photos and promo video below for a preview!
Film description:
In Sylvie’s Love, the jazz is smooth and the air sultry in the hot New York summer of 1957. Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), a saxophonist, spends late nights playing behind a less-talented but well-known bandleader, as member of a jazz quartet. Sylvie (Tessa Thompson), who dreams of a career in television, spends her summer days helping around her father’s record store, as she waits for her fiancé to return from war.
When Robert takes a part-time job at the record store, the two begin a friendship that sparks a deep passion in each of them unlike anything they have felt before. As the summer winds down, life takes them in different directions, bringing their relationship to an end. Years pass, Sylvie’s career as a TV producer blossoms, while Robert has to come to terms with what the age of Motown is doing to the popularity of Jazz. In a chance meeting, Sylvie and Robert cross paths again, only to find that while their lives have changed, their feelings for each other remain the same.
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Sylvie’s Love debuts December 23rd on Amazon Prime Video.
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Cade Taylor is a television and film critic living in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a Senior Writer for Tell-Tale TV. His love for television developed at a young age, with a concentration on queer stories, sitcoms, teen dramas, and science fiction thrillers. In addition, he works full-time as a news producer, telling the stories of Missourians and helming "Produced in the Bi-State," a segment spotlighting actors, musicians, and entertainers from the St. Louis area. He can be reached by email at cade@telltaletv.com.