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Mood:
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- Gays and LesbiansImmigrantsOpposites AttractFall in LoveInterracial RelationsSiblings RelationsCulture ClashGender more...
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- DramaIndependentComedyRomance
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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- EnglandEuropeLondon
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedMasterpiece
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My Beautiful Laundrette, 1985
English, Urdu
UK
Profile of My Beautiful Laundrette
The mood of My Beautiful Laundrette is clever, sincere, and touching. The plot centers around immigrants, interracial relations, and opposites attracting. It is a drama, independent, and comedy movie. In approach, My Beautiful Laundrette is realistic. The pacing is slow. The setting is London. My Beautiful Laundrette happens in the 1980s. The movie is known for being a masterpiece, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that it includes brief nudity, profanity, and violent content.
Summary of My Beautiful Laundrette
My Beautiful Laundrette is a highly acclaimed and beautifully rendered portrait of two boyhood friends struggling to survive in racially tense Thatcher-era Britain. Omar, a homosexual Pakistani boy living in London with his alcoholic father, lifts a chunk of drug money from another Pakistani and, with his school chum Johnny, decides to renovate a grungy laundrette. Featuring seething dialogue and visually stunning camera work, the film explores the world of modern Pakistanis trapped between two cultures in Thatcher's Britain and their white working class counterparts with no future in their own country.
Details
| Language: | English, Urdu |
| Country: | UK |
| Release date: | 7 March 1986 |
| Runtime: | 97 min |
Cast and Crew
as Johnny
as Nasser
as Papa
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