Stars: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Shirley Ann Field

Director: Stephen Frears

Summary: Set in the Pakistani community of London, The film follows young Omar who enlists a friend's help to run an inherited laundrette. Together they transform it into a veritable palace, wuth space invaders and video screens... but trouble is only a step away...

MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE is a highly acclaimed and beautifully rendered portrait of two boyhood friends struggling to survive in racially tense Thatcher-era Britain. Omar, a homosexual Pakistani boy living in London with his alcoholic father, lifts a chunk of drug money from another Pakistani and, with his school chum Johnny, decides to renovate a grungy laundrette. Featuring seething dialogue and visually stunning camera work, the film explores the world of modern Pakistanis trapped between two cultures in Thatcher's Britain and their white working class counterparts with no future in their own country.


Directed by renowned English filmmaker Stephen Frears (DIRTY PRETTY THINGS), written by Hanif Kureishi and featuring a star-making performance from a then-virtually unknown Daniel Day-Lewis, MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE stands as one of the best British films of the 1980s.

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive menu
Year:	1985
Release Date:	March 17, 2008
Runtime:	97 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	F4 D V D 90041
Keywords:	Beautiful, General, Wide, Screen, Laundrette, My, Drama
Genre:	Drama