My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
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.
- Date of release
- 1985-11-16
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (324)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Stephen Frears
Casting
- Gordon Warnecke — Omar Ali
- Daniel Day-Lewis — Johnny Burfoot
- Roshan Seth — Hussein "Papa" Ali
- Saeed Jaffrey — Nasser Ali
- Derrick Branche — Salim N. Ali
- Rita Wolf — Tania N. Ali
- Souad Faress — Cherry N. Ali
- Shirley Anne Field — Rachel
- Richard Graham — Genghis
- Garry Cooper — Squatter
- Charu Bala Chokshi — Bilquis
- Persis Maravala — Nasser's Elder Daughter
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