East Is East

A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.

19991h 37mNo ratings yet

Drama
Comedy

Overview

In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.

Keywords

culture clash
hippie
parent child relationship
1970s
jealousy
daughter
faith
modern society
northern england
muslim
tradition
cultural difference
integration
british asian
islam
religious education

Details

Status: Released
Release date: May 14, 1999
Original language: English
Spoken languages: english, hindi, russian, URDU
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Film4 Productions,BBC,Assassin Films,Assassin Films, Film4 Productions, BBC
Budget: $3,800,000
Revenue: $28,200,000
IMDb: tt0166175