East is East

    Genre
    Comedy, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    96 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    1999
  • |
    • Countries
    UK
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Urdu
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Damien O'Donnell
WRITTEN BY:
Ayub Khan-Din
CAST INCLUDES:
Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Archie Panjabi, Chris Bisson, Jimi Mistry

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

A beautiful coming-of-age story about growing up in a blending of cultures- with a Pakistani father and an English mother, brought up in Britain in the 1970s. With brilliant direction from Damien O’Donnell (35 ASIDE, RORY O’SHEA WAS HERE, HOW WAS YOUR DAY?) and heartwarming performances from the cast, featuring Om Puri (THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY, WOLD, HERA PHERI), Linda Bassett (KINKY BOOTS, CALENDAR GIRLS, CALL THE MIDWIFE), and Jordan Routledge (GABRIEL & ME) among others.

SYNOPSIS

In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father’s rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.

East is East

    Genre
    Comedy, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    96 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    1999
  • |
    • Countries
    UK
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Urdu
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Damien O'Donnell
WRITTEN BY
Ayub Khan-Din
CAST INCLUDES
Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Archie Panjabi, Chris Bisson, Jimi Mistry
A beautiful coming-of-age story about growing up in a blending of cultures- with a Pakistani father and an English mother, brought up in Britain in the 1970s. With brilliant direction from Damien O’Donnell (35 ASIDE, RORY O’SHEA WAS HERE, HOW WAS YOUR DAY?) and heartwarming performances from the cast, featuring Om Puri (THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY, WOLD, HERA PHERI), Linda Bassett (KINKY BOOTS, CALENDAR GIRLS, CALL THE MIDWIFE), and Jordan Routledge (GABRIEL & ME) among others.

In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father’s rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.

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