Film
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985 · 1h 38m · Comedy · Drama · Romance
A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.
- IMDb
- 6.8
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 95%
- Metacritic
- 76
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Overview
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.
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Cast
Gordon Warnecke
Omar Ali
Daniel Day-Lewis
Johnny Burfoot
Roshan Seth
Hussein "Papa" Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
Nasser Ali
Derrick Branche
Salim N. Ali
Rita Wolf
Tania N. Ali
Souad Faress
Cherry N. Ali
Shirley Anne Field
Rachel
Richard Graham
Genghis
Garry Cooper
Squatter
Charu Bala Chokshi
Bilquis
Persis Maravala
Nasser's Elder Daughter
Nisha Kapur
Nasir's Younger Daughter
Walter Donohue
Dick O'Donnell
Neil Cunningham
Englishman
Gurdial Sira
Zaki
Crew
- Stephen FrearsDirector
- Hanif KureishiWriter
- Sarah RadclyffeProducer
- Tim BevanProducer
- Oliver StapletonDirector of Photography
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Stanley MyersOriginal Music Composer
- Mick AudsleyEditor
- Debbie McWilliamsCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 16, 1985
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $860,000
- Revenue
- $2,451,545
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
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