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East Is East

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

6.539 average rating
6.539
English / 97 MIN. / 1999

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Om PuriLinda BassettIan AspinallJimi MistryArchie PanjabiJordan RoutledgeChris BissonLesley NicolEmil MarwaRaji JamesEmma RydalRuth JonesGary DamerJohn BardonJimmi HarkishinBen KeatonKriss DosanjhGary LewisRoger MorlidgeAlbert MosesRosalind MarchKaleem JanjuaRalph BirtwellMadhav SharmaSaikat AhamedBruce McGregorMargaret BlakemoreThierry HarcourtLeena DhingraTallat NawazSharmeen RafiEnid DunnPreeya Kalidas

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