East Is East

6.5 / 10

(200 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

Comedy

Duration:

97 minutes

Year:

1999

Director:

Damien O'Donnell

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Company:

Assassin Films,

Film4 Productions,

BBC

Budget:

$3,800,000

Revenue:

$28,200,000

Cast:
Om Puri

George Khan

Linda Bassett

Ella Khan

Ian Aspinall

Nazir Khan

Jimi Mistry

Tariq Khan

Archie Panjabi

Meenah Khan

Crew:
Ayub Khan-Din

Screenplay

Brian Tufano

Director of Photography

Damien O'Donnell

Director

Deborah Mollison

Music

Leslee Udwin

Producer