My Beautiful Laundrette
Stephen Frears / GB, 1985 / 96 min.
The unusual love story of a skinhead (Daniel Day-Lewis’ breakthrough role) and a young Pakistani man who opens a luxury laundrette in London. Cruelly honest comedy about a culture clash during Thatcherism.
When Omar, a young Pakistani man from south London is gifted a laundrette by his uncle, he engages his childhood friend to help him get the place back on track. The friend is a former National Front skinhead. He volunteers to help him make his dream a reality and something beautiful develops between the two.
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Director
Stephen Frears
Production year
1985
Country
GB
Original title
My Beautiful Laundrette
Length
96 min.
Language
English, Urdu
Subtitles
NONE or NLD
Format
DCP, 35mm
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