My Beautiful Laundrette

A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.

19851h 38mNo ratings yet

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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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: November 16, 1985
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English, Urdu
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Working Title Films,Film4 Productions,SAF Productions
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