My Beautiful Laundrette

Nov 16, 1985

1h 38m

★ 6.7

A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Working Title Films

SAF Productions

Film4 Productions

My Beautiful Laundrette Trailers

Cast

Omar Ali

Gordon Warnecke

Johnny Burfoot

Daniel Day-Lewis

Hussein "Papa" Ali

Roshan Seth

Nasser Ali

Saeed Jaffrey

Salim N. Ali

Derrick Branche

Tania N. Ali

Rita Wolf

Cherry N. Ali

Souad Faress

Rachel

Shirley Anne Field

Genghis

Richard Graham

Squatter

Garry Cooper

Bilquis

Charu Bala Chokshi

Nasser's Elder Daughter

Persis Maravala

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