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.
Title | East Is East |
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Year | 1999 |
Genre | Drama, Comedy |
Country | United Kingdom |
Studio | Assassin Films, Film4 Productions, BBC |
Cast | Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Ian Aspinall, Jimi Mistry, Archie Panjabi, Jordan Routledge |
Crew | Damien O'Donnell (Director), Deborah Mollison (Music), Brian Tufano (Director of Photography), Leslee Udwin (Producer), Ayub Khan-Din (Screenplay), Toby Whale (Casting Director) |
Keyword | daughter, jealousy, muslim, northern england, hippie, religious education, parent child relationship, faith, tradition, culture clash, 1970s, modern society, islam, integration, cultural difference, british asian |
Release | May 14, 1999 |
Runtime | 97 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.50 / 10 by 209 users |