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. | ||
Title | : | East Is East |
Release Date | : | 1999-05-14 |
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Production Countries | : | United Kingdom, |
Production Co. | : | Assassin Films Film4 Productions BBC |
Genres | : | Drama, Comedy, |
Casts | : | Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Ian Aspinall, Jimi Mistry, Archie Panjabi, Jordan Routledge, Chris Bisson, Lesley Nicol, Emil Marwa, Raji James, Emma Rydal, Ruth Jones, Gary Damer, John Bardon, Jimmi Harkishin, Ben Keaton, Kriss Dosanjh, Gary Lewis, Roger Morlidge, Albert Moses, Rosalind March, Kaleem Janjua, Ralph Birtwell, Madhav Sharma, Saikat Ahamed, Bruce McGregor, Margaret Blakemore, Thierry Harcourt, Leena Dhingra, Tallat Nawaz, Sharmeen Rafi, Enid Dunn, Preeya Kalidas, |
Plot Keywords | : | daughter, jealousy, muslim, northern england, hippie, religious education, parent child relationship, faith, tradition, culture clash, 1970s, modern society, islam, integration, cultural difference, british asian, |
Alternative Titles | : | Oriente es Oriente East Is East - Das Grauen vor dem Trauen |