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Nov 16, 1985
98 min
Full-HD

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.

Category

Comedy Drama Romance

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Working Title SAF Productions Channel Four Films

Gordon Warnecke

Omar Ali

Daniel Day-Lewis

Johnny Burfoot

Roshan Seth

Hussein "Papa" Ali

Saeed Jaffrey

Nasser Ali

Derrick Branche

Salim N. Ali

Rita Wolf

Tania N. Ali

Souad Faress

Cherry N. Ali

Shirley Anne Field

Rachel

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