SIFF Announces 2017 Opening Night Film: The Big Sick

by Sean NelsonZoe Kazan and Kumail Nanjani star in The Big Sick, opening night film for SIFF 2017.
The 43rd annual Seattle International Film Festival will open with The Big Sick, produced by Judd Apatow, directed by Michael Showalter, and starring Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley), who also co-wrote the film with Emily V. Gordon.The Big Sick tells the story of an unusual courtship between a Pakistani comic and his American girlfriend; it co-stars Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Aidy Bryant,