My Beautiful Laundrette
A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.
19851h 38mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Comedy
- Romance
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.
Keywords
- society
- london
- england
- racism
- star crossed lovers
- 1980s
- working class
- lgbt
- gay theme
- fascism
- skinhead
- immigration
- car dealership
- laundromat
- family business
- alcoholic father
- racial tension
- british asian
- skinheads
- laundry
- business owner
- pakistani culture
- punk
- thatcherism
- 16mm film
- margaret thatcher
- london, england
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 16, 1985
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Urdu
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Cast
- Gordon Warnecke,Daniel Day-Lewis,Roshan Seth,Saeed Jaffrey,Derrick Branche,Rita Wolf,Souad Faress,Shirley Anne Field,Richard Graham,Garry Cooperand 21 more
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Writer
- Hanif Kureishi
- Producer
- Tim Bevan,Sarah Radclyffe
- Cinematography
- Oliver Stapleton
- Music
- Hans Zimmer,Stanley Myers
- Budget
- $860,000
- Revenue
- $2,451,545
- IMDb
- tt0091578