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Overview
Amir is an illegal Pakistani immigrant smuggled into England in the 1960's to work, to send money to his family and perhaps even bring them over with him. A skilled laborer, he is forced to do unskilled work like shoveling sheep dung and processing wool. He lives in a boarding house with nearly a dozen other men, under the supervision of Hussein Shah. He befriends a young student, Sakib, who dreams of being a writer. Their existence is punctuated by secret movies, a visiting prostitute, fear of detection and deportation, and the gangster-like smuggler who comes by for his take every week. The household is shaken up by the arrival of a white girl, Shah's girlfriend, and the sense of femininity and family she brings.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 11, 1996
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC Film,Renegade Films
- Cast
- Pavan Malhotra,Riz Abbasi,Pal Aron,June Broughton,Marc Anwar,John Lambert,Judy Monahan,Balraj Singh Somal,Om Puri,Rez Kemptonand 28 more
- Director
- Udayan Prasad
- Producer
- Robert Buckler,George Faber
- Cinematography
- Alan Almond
- Music
- Stephen Warbeck
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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