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65% Critic Match
East Is East
“A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.”
6.5 / 10• 1999• 1h 37m•R• English
DramaComedy
Storyline
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
Om Puri
George Khan
Lead
Linda Bassett
Ella Khan
IA
Ian Aspinall
Nazir Khan
Jimi Mistry
Tariq Khan
Archie Panjabi
Meenah Khan
JR
Jordan Routledge
Sajid Khan
Chris Bisson
Saleem Khan
Lesley Nicol
Auntie Annie
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Damien O'Donnell's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. East Is East is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
