The latest in our series of under-appreciated films available to stream recalls 2020’s swoon-worthy throwback to 50s and 60s romances
![My streaming gem: why you should watch Sylvie’s Love](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bb121ff1f24595f9a985e5284c087ebe92852b4b/137_0_2158_1296/master/2158.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=c11b57b34f0af4f1d8f7c81a59ff1324)
When I first saw Eugene Ashe’s Sylvie’s Love at the Sundance film festival in January 2020, I remember not so much exiting the theater as floating. “That,” I said to anyone listening, “will surely be a smash, and end up swimming in Oscar nominations.”
Well, I was right to a degree on the first part – critics did praise the film – but the
Coronavirus pandemic nixed its theatrical release, and its end-of-year debut on
Amazon Prime did not connect on a mainstream level as it should have.