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‘Slow’ review: He’s asexual. She’s not. The movie explores what happens next

A dancer (Greta Grineviciute) meets a sign language interpreter (Kestutis Cicenas) in the Lithuanian romance “Slow.”

Like the couple it’s about, “Slow” acknowledges and, to some degree, gives in to expectations set by a world overloaded with conformist-minded rom-coms and conventional relationship blueprints. But it’s worth seeing.

Simple, efficient setup here, in Lithuanian writer-director Marija Kavtaradze’s second feature. We meet Elena in her natural element,

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