Sarah Erskine
July 03, 2020
5.0
INCLUVIE SCORE
5.0
MOVIE SCORE
My Beautiful Laundrette
Overview
A British-Pakistani man renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.5.0
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5.0
MOVIE SCORE
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A British-Pakistani man renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
Rating:
Genre:Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed By:Stephen Frears
Written By:Hanif Kureishi
In Theaters:
Box Office:$2,451,545
Runtime:98 minutes
Studio:Channel Four Films, Working Title Films, SAF Productions
Cast
Stephen Frears
Director
Stephen Frears
Director
Gordon Warnecke
Omar Ali
Daniel Day-Lewis
Johnny Burfoot
Roshan Seth
Hussein "Papa" Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
Nasser Ali
My Beautiful Laundrette is set in 1985 London under the rule of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. It was a time of high unemployment, privatization, greed and civil unrest. Our two main characters, Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Omar (Gordon Warnecke) are products of the state of their country, and trying to live their best lives in spite of it all. Read the full review here: https://medium.com/incluvie/broken-systems-racism-and-capitalism-in-my-beautiful-laundrette-2e42d6bd42e2