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My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Directed by Stephen Frears
“A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.”
Comedy, Drama, Romance · 1h 38m
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
C
Charu Bala Chokshi
Bilquis
P
Persis Maravala
Nasser's Elder Daughter
Crew
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Writer
- Hanif Kureishi
- Director of Photography
- Oliver Stapleton
- Original Music Composer
- Hans Zimmer, Stanley Myers
- Editor
- Mick Audsley
- Producer
- Sarah Radclyffe, Tim Bevan
Details
- Release date
- 1985-11-16
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Urdu
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Working Title, SAF Productions, Channel Four Films
- Budget
- $860,000
- Box office
- $2,451,545