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Features • NTSC In Theaters : 14 April, 2000 |
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East Is East [Region 2] description Manchester in 1971 is not the ideal time and place to raise a proper Pakistani family. But George Khan (Om Puri), father of seven unruly moppets and husband to a willful British wife (Linda Bassett), is determined to wield his influence over his clan. But what a clan this is, with Nazir (Ian Aspinall), who refuses his arranged wife; Saleem (Chris Bisso ... review details |
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| This "tragic comedy" by Ayub Khan-Din takes place in 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War. It deals with the conflicts between different cultures and generations by telling the story of the Khans, a Pakistani-English family living near Manchester.
George, a Pakistani, who has married an English woman called Ella, is the head of the family and makes an effort to educate his children in the traditional Pakistani way, which means: according to Muslim principles, including customs like circumcision and arranged marriage. But as the seven teenagers feel rather English than Pakistani, the despotic Muslim doesn't really succeed in doing so. Although some of the characters have unlovable traits you are forced to sympathise with all of them. "East is East" gives a comprehensive impression of Pakistani life in Britain, considering both: advantages and problems of an Eastern society in a Western world. It is worth seeing. |
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