A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.
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.
- 6.7
- 1985
- Released
- 1h 38m
Gordon Warnecke
Omar Ali
Daniel Day-Lewis
Johnny Burfoot
Roshan Seth
Hussein "Papa" Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
Nasser Ali
Derrick Branche
Salim N. Ali
Rita Wolf
Tania N. Ali
Souad Faress
Cherry N. Ali
Shirley Anne Field
Rachel
Richard Graham
Genghis
Garry Cooper
Squatter
Charu Bala Chokshi
BilquisPersis Maravala
Nasser's Elder DaughterNisha Kapur
Nasir's Younger DaughterNeil Cunningham
EnglishmanGurdial Sira
Zaki
Stephen Marcus
Moose
Ram John Holder
Poet
Dawn Archibald
Gang Member #1
Jonathan Moore
Gang Member #2
Gerard Horan
Telephone Man
Bhasker Patel
Tariq
Badi Uzzaman
Dealer
Ayub Khan-Din
Student
Dulice Liecier
Girl in DiscoChris Pitt
Kid #1Kerryann White
Kid #2
Colin Campbell
Madame Butterfly ManSheila Chitnis
Zaki's WifeWinston Graham
Jamaican #1Dudley Thomas
Jamaican #2
Released
en
$860,000.00
$2,451,545.00
- #london, england
- #skinhead
- #society
- #fascism
- #immigration
- #family business
- #laundromat
- #working class
- #racism
- #car dealership
- #racial tension
- #laundry
- #lgbt
- #alcoholic father
- #star crossed lovers
- #1980s
- #skinheads
- #gay theme
- #british asian
- #thatcherism
- #punk
- #business owner
- #16mm film
- #margaret thatcher
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This was always my favourite of the early slew of films commissioned by Channel Four. At the time it was trendy to make sure that every film was “edgy” and determined to make some sort of social point about the supposed iniquities of “Thatcherism”. This one is a bit more subtle about that, presenting an hybrid of a love story married with a critique on a racially charged environment in which the t