My Son the Fanatic

Oct 21, 1997

1h 28m

★ 5.1

Overview

Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

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Cast

Parvez

Om Puri

Bettina / Sandra

Rachel Griffiths

Farid

Akbar Kurtha

Schitz

Stellan Skarsgård

Madeline Fingerhut

Sarah-Jane Potts

Minoo

Gopi Desai

Fizzy

Harish Patel

Chief Inspector Fingerhut

Geoffrey Bateman

Druggy prostitute

Moya Brady

Drunk man

Bernard Wrigley

Comedian

Andy Devine

Margot

Rowena King

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