But Mehta (she also made the film Camilla with Jessica Tandy) insists that the lesbian relationship is only one aspect of her film.

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After that, she hopes to start shooting a Canadian indie film about teenage lesbian werewolves.

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But even as some degree of liberation descends upon the Egyptian film industry, there are reminders about the boundaries of tastes - a lesbian kiss in Khaled Youssef's latest film "Until Things Get Better" brought calls for the director and both actresses to be jailed on moral grounds.

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Rent (Opens Nov. 23) A lesbian couple, a transvestite and a gay man are central characters in this film version of Broadway's rock musical sensation.

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