Audiovisual work
- film
Director
Scriptwriter
Company production
Sarah Radclyffe e Tim Bevan per Working Title Films, Channel Four Films, Saf Productions
Production country
Regno Unito
Year
Duration
94m
Language
Inglese
Link
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Much of the Pakistani Hussein family settled in London, struggling for the riches promised by Thatcherism. Nasser and his right-hand man, Salim, run a series of small businesses and do whatever they need to make a profit – even illegally. For this reason, Nasser and his family live a comfortable lifestyle and flaunt their riches at every opportunity they can. Meanwhile the alcoholic Ali, her brother who was once a famous journalist in Pakistan, lives in a squalid apartment with his son Omar. Ali's life in London is not so profitable also due to his leftist politics, unsuitable for the ideals of Thatcherism. To help his brother, Nasser gives Omar a menial job; but Omar, whose ambition is greater, persuades Nasser to let him run the dilapidated laundry. Omar takes what he sees as an opportunity to make the laundry a success and hires an old friend, Johnny, who has recently been hanging out with a gang of white punks, to help him. Johnny and Omar have a close relationship but it has gone through ups and downs, fostered by the anti-immigration sentiments of white England. Both Omar and Johnny have to consider whether their ideals of success are truly achievable at all costs. (Source: IMDb)