BBFF26 The Cycle of Love

In 1977, PK, a 23-year-old Delhi street artist from a poor Dalit family, picked up a handful of paintbrushes and a second-hand bicycle and set off on an extraordinary cross-continent mission: to find Lotta, the Swedish woman who had captured his heart. From Oscar-winning director Orlando von Einsiedel, The Cycle of Love transforms PK’s remarkable journey along the hippie trail - through India, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and Europe - into a sweeping true-life adventure about destiny, self-belief and the kindness of strangers. Blending vivid recreations with tender present-day interviews with PK and Lotta, the film celebrates a love that has endured for half a century and the courage to risk everything for what your heart tells you.