A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
Gordon Warnecke
as Omar Ali
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Johnny Burfoot
Roshan Seth
as Hussein "Papa" Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
as Nasser Ali
Derrick Branche
as Salim N. Ali
Rita Wolf
as Tania N. Ali
Souad Faress
as Cherry N. Ali
Shirley Anne Field
as Rachel
Richard Graham
as Genghis
Garry Cooper
as Squatter
CinemaSerf
This was always my favourite of the early slew of films commissioned by Channel Four. At the time it was trendy to make sure that every film was “edgy” and determined to make some sort of social point about the supposed iniquities of “Thatcherism”. This one is a bit more subtle about that, presentin...