East Is East (1999)
May 14, 1999
Drama, Comedy
1h 37m
A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Damien O'Donnell
- George Khan Om Puri
- Ella Khan Linda Bassett
- Tariq Khan Jimi Mistry
- Meenah Khan Archie Panjabi
- Auntie Annie Lesley Nicol
- Maneer Khan Emil Marwa
- Abdul Khan Raji James
- Peggy Ruth Jones
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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