My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 British film by Stephen Frears . There are themes in treated as homosexuality, interracial relationships and the dream of immigrants in order to build a better life in the West.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Omar, the son of a Pakistani journalist, asks a job to his enterprising Uncle Nasser. When he brings home Nassers drugsdealende son Salim, they are attacked by a gang of right-wing extremists. Between them his old childhood friend Omar sees Johnny. Omar and Johnny take their old friendship back on. with the money from drug transactions and the Salims support of Nasser, whose daughter Tania he asks to marry, would build a laundry Omar. The company, however, is undermined by attacks of the punks and the lies about the nature of Omar's relation to Johnny. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Characteristics[ Edit] == The film dates back to the Thatcherperiod and reflects the social upheaval of that time.
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Characteristics
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 * Gordon Warnecke: Omar
 * Roshan Seth: Hussein
 * Saeed Jaffrey: Nasser
 * Rita Wolf: Tania
 * Daniel Day-Lewis: Johnny
 * Derrick Branche: Salim

It was one of the first films of the production company Working Title Films and the breakthrough film for Director Stephen Frears.