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East is East

Country: UK, Language: English, 96 mins

  • Director: Damien O'Donnell
  • Writer: Ayub Khan-Din
  • Producer: Stephanie Guerrasio; Shellie Smith

CGiii Comment

You'll want to punch the father.

Hugely enjoyable - nostalgic and insightful - O'Donnell excels, keeping control throughout.

On-the-ball performances - tragedy and comedy combined perfectly - a rare little film that deserved all the praise.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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.

Cast & Characters

Om Puri as George Khan;
Linda Bassett as Ella Khan;
Jordan Routledge as Sajid Khan;
Archie Panjabi as Meenah Khan;
Emil Marwa as Maneer Khan;
Chris Bisson as Saleem Khan;
Jimi Mistry as Tariq Khan;
Raji James as Abdul Khan;
Ian Aspinall as Nazir Khan;
Lesley Nicol as Auntie Annie;
Emma Rydal as Stella Moorhouse;
Ruth Jones as Peggy;
Ben Keaton as Priest;
Kriss Dosanjh as Poppa Khalid;
John Bardon as Mr. Moorhouse