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Film · 1985
My Beautiful Laundrette
1h 38mRDirected by Stephen Frears
- Comedy
- Drama
- Romance
A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
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Cast
Gordon WarneckeOmar Ali
Daniel Day-LewisJohnny Burfoot
Roshan SethHussein "Papa" Ali
Saeed JaffreyNasser Ali
Derrick BrancheSalim N. Ali
Rita WolfTania N. Ali
Souad FaressCherry N. Ali
Shirley Anne FieldRachel
Richard GrahamGenghis
Garry CooperSquatter- Charu Bala ChokshiBilquis
- Persis MaravalaNasser's Elder Daughter
Details
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Writer
- Hanif Kureishi
- Music
- Hans Zimmer, Stanley Myers
- Cinematography
- Oliver Stapleton
- Editor
- Mick Audsley
- Producer
- Sarah Radclyffe, Tim Bevan
- Release
- November 16, 1985
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- R
- Language
- English, Urdu
- Studio
- Working Title, SAF Productions, Channel Four Films
- TMDB score
- 6.7 / 10 from 324 votes
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