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MPAA Rating - R

Length:
    96 Minutes

Genre:
    Comedy Drama

Original Release Date:
    Sep 12, 2000

Director
    Damien O'Donnell

Cast
    Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge, Archie Panjabi, Emil Marwa

 
Movie Summary
East is East, a fast-moving comedy drama of mixed-race manners, is set in Salford, England in 1970. It centers on the Anglo-Pakistani alliance of the Khan family that is both claustrophobically cohesive and hopelessly dysfunctional. In their over-crowded terrace house, anarchy erupts daily with farcical energy. The Khan children, caught between the traditional dogmatism of their Pakistani father (Om Puri) and laissez-faire attitude of their British mother (Linda Bassett), have a lot of difficulties to follow their dreams of becoming citizens of the modern world. Based on the award-winning stage play by Ayub Khan-Din, East is East had great success in the theatres of London before it was made into a film. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide


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