7.4
“A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.”
East Is East (1999)
May 14, 19991h 37mEN
6.5
223 votes
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.
Director
Damien O'DonnellWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Budget
$3.8M
Revenue
$28.2M
Production Companies
Assassin FilmsFilm4 ProductionsBBC
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User Reviews
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7.0It’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…
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