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East Is East

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East Is East
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NR,1hr 36min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1998
Director:
Damien O'Donnell
Distributor:
Miramax
Starring:
Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge  ...more
Synopsis: East is East, a fast-moving comedy drama of mixed-race manners, is set in Salford, England in 1970. It centers on the Anglo-Pakistani alliance of the Khan family that is both claustrophobically cohesive and hopelessly dysfunctional. In their over-crowded terrace house, anarchy erupts daily with farcical energy. The Khan children, caught between the traditional dogmatism of their Pakistani father (Om Puri) and laissez-faire attitude of their British mother (Linda Bassett), have a lot of difficulties ... Full Synopsis
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Jason Clark, AMG Review
A perceptive, sometimes broad examination of the family structure and its unsteady nature, East is East succeeds in its truthful, occasionally piercing dissection of its themes and in its refusal to take the easy route in presenting some difficult situations. Om Puri is one of Britain's most underappreciated talents, and here gives a robust, finely etched portrayal of a most hypocritical and sometimes ... Full Review
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