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East Is East (1999)

East Is East (1999)

Drama Comedy

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

Release Date: 1999, May 14
Directors: Damien O'Donnell
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Assassin Films, Assassin Films, Film4 Productions, Film4 Productions, BBC, BBC
Cast: Kaleem Janjua, Madhav Sharma, Saikat Ahamed, Jimi Mistry, Gary Lewis, Archie Panjabi, Lesley Nicol, Rosalind March, Albert Moses, Linda Bassett, Roger Morlidge, Om Puri

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:

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