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My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Directed by Stephen Frears

Drama | Romance

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Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 98 minutes

Actors

Gordon Warnecke | Daniel Day-Lewis | Roshan Seth | Saeed Jaffrey | Derrick Branche | Rita Wolf | Souad Faress | Shirley Anne Field | Richard Graham | Garry Cooper | Charu Bala Chokshi | Persis Maravala | Nisha Kapur | Walter Donohue | Neil Cunningham | Gurdial Sira | Stephen Marcus | Ram John Holder | Dawn Archibald | Jonathan Moore | Gerard Horan | Bhasker Patel | Badi Uzzaman | Ayub Khan-Din | Dulice Liecier | Chris Pitt | Kerryann White | Colin Campbell | Sheila Chitnis | Winston Graham | Dudley Thomas

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
06/09/2024TVStreamingTV7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

I saw this once before, back in the ‘80’s, but must not have paid much attention to it, since I didn’t remember anything.  This time around, I could better understand the Thatcher-era themes that permeate the film.

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