My Beautiful Laundrette
“A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.”
Overview
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.
Cast
Gordon Warnecke
Omar Ali
Daniel Day-Lewis
Johnny Burfoot
Roshan Seth
Hussein "Papa" Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
Nasser Ali
Derrick Branche
Salim N. Ali
Rita Wolf
Tania N. Ali
Souad Faress
Cherry N. Ali
Shirley Anne Field
Rachel
Richard Graham
Genghis
Garry Cooper
Squatter
Charu Bala Chokshi
Bilquis
Persis Maravala
Nasser's Elder Daughter
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Nisha Kapur
Nasir's Younger Daughter
Walter Donohue
Dick O'Donnell
Neil Cunningham
Englishman
Gurdial Sira
Zaki
Stephen Marcus
Moose
Ram John Holder
Poet
Dawn Archibald
Gang Member #1
Jonathan Moore
Gang Member #2
Gerard Horan
Telephone Man
Bhasker Patel
Tariq
Badi Uzzaman
Dealer
Ayub Khan-Din
Student
Dulice Liecier
Girl in Disco
Chris Pitt
Kid #1
Kerryann White
Kid #2
Colin Campbell
Madame Butterfly Man
Sheila Chitnis
Zaki's Wife
Winston Graham
Jamaican #1
Dudley Thomas
Jamaican #2
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Rating source
- TMDB
- Keywords
- #16mm film, #1980s, #alcoholic father, #british asian, #business owner, #car dealership, #family business, #fascism, #gay theme, #immigration, #laundromat, #laundry, #lgbt, #london, england, #margaret thatcher, #punk, #racial tension, #racism, #skinhead, #skinheads, #society, #star crossed lovers, #thatcherism, #working class
