
Feature film — 1999
East Is East (1999)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 233 votes.
Assassin Films / Film4 Productions / BBC
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Director: Damien O'Donnell
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Cast & crew

Om Puri
George Khan

Linda Bassett
Ella Khan
Ian Aspinall
Nazir Khan

Jimi Mistry
Tariq Khan

Archie Panjabi
Meenah Khan
Jordan Routledge
Sajid Khan

Chris Bisson
Saleem Khan

Lesley Nicol
Auntie Annie

Emil Marwa
Maneer Khan

Raji James
Abdul Khan
Emma Rydal
Stella Moorhouse

Ruth Jones
Peggy
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