East Is East

1999 PG-13 1h 37m

6.5 / 10 223

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6.5/10

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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'Donnell

Writers

Ayub Khan-Din

Stars

Om Puri Linda Bassett Ian Aspinall

Nazir's Bride (uncredited)

Drama Comedy

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Geronimo1967 17 Apr 2025

7/10

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 determi...