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East Is East

directed by Damien O'Donnell

A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.

19991h 37m★ 6.5
DramaComedy
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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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Om Puri

Om Puri

George Khan

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Ella Khan

I

Ian Aspinall

Nazir Khan

Jimi Mistry

Jimi Mistry

Tariq Khan

Archie Panjabi

Archie Panjabi

Meenah Khan

J

Jordan Routledge

Sajid Khan

Chris Bisson

Chris Bisson

Saleem Khan

Lesley Nicol

Lesley Nicol

Auntie Annie

details

Director

Damien O'Donnell

Language

EN

Budget

$4M

Box Office

$28M

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