| My Beautiful Laundrette | |
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| 1 Nomination | |
| Year | 1986 |
| Director | Stephen Frears |
| Writer | Hanif Kureishi |
| Starring | Daniel Day-Lewis, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey |
| 59th Academy Awards | |
My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 British comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi. The film was also one of the first films released by Working Title Films. The story is set in London during the contemporary Thatcher era, as reflected in the complex—and often comical—relationships between members of the Asian and White communities. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Garry Cooper, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Derrick Branche and Rita Wolf.
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My Beautiful Laundrette is set within the Asian community in South London during the Thatcher years, and displays those values of money but 'anybody can make it.' Omar gains the running of his uncle Nasser's laundrette. He is helped by his friend Johnny who is an outsider, white but not entirely accepted by either the white or Asian Londoners. There are many memorable characters: Tania, Omar's cousin whom he might marry. Salim the manager of Nasser's garage and sometime drug importer. Rachel, Nasser's white mistress, who like Johnny seems to be another outsider.
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