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My Beautiful Laundrette

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My Beautiful Laundrette
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R,1hr 33min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama,Romance
Released:
March 7, 1986
Director:
Stephen Frears
Distributor:
Orion Classics
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey  ...more
Synopsis: After the death of his wife and his subsequent descent into alcoholic near-agoraphobia, a crotchety Pakistani intellectual convinces his shady entrepreneur brother to provide work for his son in this multi-layered portrait of the immigrant experience in Great Britain. Young Londoner Omar (Gordon Warnecke) isn't sure what he wants out of life, but his uncle Nasser (Saeed Jaffrey) provides a corrupt, capitalist role model as Omar graduates from washing cars for the old crook to running his run-down ... Full Synopsis
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Brian J. Dillard, AMG Review
This terse, elliptical, complicated film reveals new layers with each viewing despite the somewhat simplistic hopefulness of its message that love and loyalty can conquer differences in class, politics, and ethnic background. Writer Hanif Kureishi and director Stephen Frears pack My Beautiful Laundrette with so many characters, ideas, and well-observed moments that stars Gordon Warnecke and Daniel ... Full Review
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