The Republic of Love is a Romantic Comedy about the barriers facing the lucky and the unlucky in love. Tom is a charismatic late-night radio talk show host who is a little too quick to fall in love. Fay is an academic whose expectations are impossibly high. Their romance in a series of near misses as they connect in a maze of malls, condos and family homes, underpinning the idea that 'geography is destiny' and that each of us has our own 'republic of love.' Canada. English. Official Selection – Toronto and Belfast Int'l FFs.