Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Oct 30, 1987

1h 40m

★ 5.8

While London burns...

Overview

Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Rafi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Rafi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Working Title Films

Film4 Productions

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Trailers

Cast

Rafi

Shashi Kapoor

Sammy

Ayub Khan-Din

Rosie

Frances Barber

Alice

Claire Bloom

Margy

Lesley Manville

Vivia

Suzette Llewellyn

Danny / Victoria

Roland Gift

Eva

Emer Gillespie

Vivia

Wendy Gazelle

Rani

Meera Syal

Ghost

Badi Uzzaman

Bridget

Tessa Wojtczak

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