Film
My Son the Fanatic
1997 · 1h 28m · Drama · Comedy
- IMDb
- 6.8
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 79%
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Overview
Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.
Cast
Om Puri
Parvez
Rachel Griffiths
Bettina / Sandra
Akbar Kurtha
Farid
Stellan Skarsgård
Schitz
Sarah-Jane Potts
Madeline Fingerhut
Gopi Desai
Minoo
Harish Patel
Fizzy
Geoffrey Bateman
Chief Inspector Fingerhut
Moya Brady
Druggy Prostitute
Bernard Wrigley
Drunk Man
Andy Devine
Comedian
Rowena King
Margot
Bhasker Patel
Maulvi
Dev Sagoo
Taxi Controller
Badi Uzzaman
Man in Mosque
Olwen May
Prostitute
Crew
- Udayan PrasadDirector
- Hanif KureishiStory · Writer
- Chris CurlingProducer
- George FaberExecutive Producer
- Alan AlmondDirector of Photography
- Stephen WarbeckOriginal Music Composer
- David GambleEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 21, 1997
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Revenue
- $408,339
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
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