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1999

East Is East

Directed by Damien O'Donnell
A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.

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.

Duration

1h 37m

Released

May 14, 1999

Revenue

$28,200,000

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6.5

Rating217

Views0

Likes0

Lists24

Cast33

  • Om Puri
  • Linda Bassett
  • Ian Aspinall
  • Jimi Mistry
  • Archie Panjabi
  • Jordan Routledge
  • Chris Bisson
  • Lesley Nicol
  • Emil Marwa

Part ofThe East Is East Collection

Includes East Is East (1999), and West Is West (2010).

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