East Is East (1999)
A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.
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.
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Om PuriGeorge Khan
Linda BassettElla KhanIan AspinallNazir Khan
Jimi MistryTariq Khan
Archie PanjabiMeenah KhanJordan RoutledgeSajid KhanChris BissonSaleem Khan
Lesley NicolAuntie Annie
Emil MarwaManeer Khan
Raji JamesAbdul KhanEmma RydalStella Moorhouse
Ruth JonesPeggyKeywords
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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.
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East Is East has a runtime of 97 minutes.
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