My Beautiful Laundrette
A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.
Film19851h 38mReleased
DramaComedyRomance
Not rated
Where to watch
Details
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1985-11-16
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
Community score
6.7319 votes on TMDB
Confidence
Rating weighted by how many people voted
6.6
The story
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
Cast
- Gordon WarneckeOmar Ali
- Daniel Day-LewisJohnny Burfoot
- Roshan SethHussein "Papa" Ali
- Saeed JaffreyNasser Ali
- Derrick BrancheSalim N. Ali
- Rita WolfTania N. Ali
- Souad FaressCherry N. Ali
- Shirley Anne FieldRachel
- Richard GrahamGenghis
- Garry CooperSquatter
