My Beautiful Laundrette

MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE is a highly acclaimed and beautifully rendered portrait of two boyhood friends struggling to survive in racially tense Thatcher-era Britain. Omar, a homosexual Pakistani boy living in London with his alcoholic father, lifts a chunk of drug money from another Pakistani and, with his school chum Johnny, decides to renovate a grungy laundrette. Featuring seething dialogue and visually stunning camera work, the film explores the world of modern Pakistanis trapped between two cultures in Thatcher's Britain and their white working class counterparts with no future in their own country.

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"...One of the most delicate and touching love scenes in contemporary cinema....Unemphatic, guileless, easy, touching and unashamedly erotic..." -- David Robinson , (Sight and Sound)

"...Rude, wise, vivid social comedy....[Lewis gives] a performance that has both extraordinary technical flash and emotional substance..." -- Vincent Canby , (New York Times)

Included in the New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1986" -- Vincent Canby , (New York Times)

"...With the superb Jaffrey and Seth as linchpins, the cast is extraordinary..." -- Sheila Benson , (Los Angeles Times)

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