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My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi. The film was one of the first films released by Working Title Films.
Apr 4, 1986 · My Beautiful Laundrette: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Graham, Winston Graham, Dudley Thomas. An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
In a seedy corner of London, Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a young Pakistani, is given a run-down laundromat by his uncle (Saeed Jaffrey), who hopes to turn it into a...
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The laundry in question is a storefront operation in one of the seedier areas of London, and it is losing money when a rich Pakistani decides to entrust its management to his nephew. But this is not the saga of a laundry. It is the story of two kinds of outsiders in modern London.
Omar Ali is a young man living in 1980s London. His father, Hussein, is a Pakistani journalist who lives in London but hates Britain and its international politics. His dissatisfaction with the world and a family tragedy has caused his alcoholism to take over, so that Omar has to take care of him.
My Beautiful Laundrette: Postcolonialism in the Wash Stephen Frears brings a playful and shimmering cinematic quality to Hanif Kureishi’s multilayered script about a Pakistani immigrant community in Margaret Thatcher–era London.
My Beautiful Laundrette. Two youths open a laundramat. They turn it into a video & neon palace rivaling some New York clubs. 549 IMDb 6.8 1 h 37 min 1986. X-Ray R. Drama · Comedy · Eerie · Introspective. Free trial of ScreenPix, rent, or buy. Watch with ScreenPix. Start your 7-day free trial. Rent. HD $3.89. Buy movie. HD $12.99 $4.99.
Aug 4, 2015 · Where did "My Beautiful Laundrette" come from? Thirty years after it was made, and a few weeks after it was released on Blu-ray by The Criterion Collection, the film seems as miraculous as it did in 1985. On one level, that question's easy to answer: it's a collaboration between director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi. While ...
Mar 24, 2022 · The original trailer of My Beautiful Laundrette. Directed by Stephen Frears. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Graham, Winston Graham, Dudley Thomas. AKA: A Minha Bela Lavandaria Az én szép kis...
A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.