In 2021, a HIV diagnosis is no longer a death sentence. Several decades ago, the disease was able to ravage predominantly LGBTQ victims at will; unconcerned governments did nothing, and many openly admitted to a blatant lack of concern with the lives of queer people dying from the virus. But science has finally found effective treatment, and the biggest modern fight against HIV is against the stigma around it which prevents people seeking treatment, not the virus itself.
âWomen Do Cryââs depiction of a young, ostensibly straight woman with HIV seems jarringly unconcerned with that history. The film follows the journey of 19-year-old Sonja (Maria Bakalova, who starred in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm ) after she learns that her boyfriend is seeing another girl, has been having sex with other men, and has given her HIV. The many women in Sonjaâs family all band together in an attempt to force Sonja to accept treatment, and the film uses Sonjaâs experience as a l
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