Touch of Pink

Jul 16, 2004

1h 31m

★ 6.0

Playing it straight is about to get very complicated.

Overview

Alim is a gay man living in London to escape the domineering eye of his conservative Muslim mother, Nuru, back in Canada. Alim keeps his homosexuality secret from his mother, so when she comes for a surprise visit, he and his boyfriend, Giles, must put on a straight facade to hide the truth.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Martin Pope Productions

Sienna Films

Touch of Pink Trailers

Cast

Alim Jahan

Jimi Mistry

Ghost of Cary Grant

Kyle MacLachlan

Nuru Jahan

Suleka Mathew

Giles

Kristen Holden-Ried

Dolly

Veena Sood

Hassan

Brian George

Delia

Liisa Repo-Martell

Alisdair Keith

Dean McDermott

Giles's mother

Linda Thorson

Sherubai

Malika Mendez

Khaled

Raoul Bhaneja

Raymond

Andrew Gillies

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