My Beautiful Laundrette
1985, Film, 97 min, Comedy, Drama, Romance, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 67
A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.
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.
Directed by Stephen Frears
Cast
- Saeed Jaffrey as Nasser
- Roshan Seth as Papa
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Johnny
- Richard Graham as Genghis
- Winston Graham as Jamaican One
- Dudley Thomas as Jamaican Two
- Derrick Branche as Salim
- Garry Cooper as Squatter
- Gordon Warnecke as Omar
- Shirley Anne Field as Rachel
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