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East Is East (1999)

R05/14/1999Drama, Comedy1h 37m
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A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Om Puri

    George Khan

  2. Cast 1

    Linda Bassett

    Ella Khan

  3. Ian Aspinall

    Nazir Khan

  4. Cast 1

    Jimi Mistry

    Tariq Khan

  5. Cast 1

    Archie Panjabi

    Meenah Khan

  6. Jordan Routledge

    Sajid Khan

  7. Cast 1

    Chris Bisson

    Saleem Khan

  8. Cast 1

    Lesley Nicol

    Auntie Annie

  9. Cast 1

    Emil Marwa

    Maneer Khan

It’s early 1970s Britain and “George” (Om Puri) has been running his chip shop in Salford for many years since leaving his home (and wife) in Pakistan. Not long after he arrived after the war, he met and married “Ella” (Linda Bassett) and they’ve had half a dozen children, many of whom are now starting to become eligible for the marriage game. Though he has integrated, up to a point, he is determined to ensure that the traditions of his homeland and his faith are continued with his children. They, on the other hand, are British through and through and over the course of the next ninety minutes...