The Big Sick

In 2017, comedian Kumail Nanjiani and his wife, writer Emily V. Gordon, brought their real-life love story to the big screen with this romantic comedy about how they really fell in love.

The film stars Kumail Nanjiani as himself, and Zoe Kazan as Emily, who, both in the film and in real life, becomes inexplicably ill shortly after she and Kumail call it quits. Emily's parents, played by Ray Romano and Holly Hunter, travel in to care for their daughter at the hospital while she remains in a coma. Meanwhile, Kumail tries to convince Emily, with whom he is still much in love, that he is the right person for her.

Detailed information:

Directed by: Michael Showalter

Starring: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano

Release date: January 20, 2017

Running time: 120 minutes