East is East
Jaap Buitendijk
Synopsis
Set in Salford in 1970, East is East is a fast moving comedy of mixed-race manners. It centres on the Anglo-Pakistani alliance of the Khan family that is both claustrophobically cohesive and desperately dysfunctional. In their cramped Salford terrace house, daily anarchy erupts with farcical energy. The Khan children, being caught between bell-bottoms and arranged marriages, scoff surreptitious rashers of bacon as they are buffeted this way and that by their father's insistence on tradition, their English mother's laissez-faire, and their own wish to be citizens of the modern world.
Based on the award-winning stage play by Ayub Khan-Din, East is East was originally produced by the Royal Court Theatre, revived due to critical acclaim at the Theatre Royal in Stratford East 1997.
Details
- Year
- 1999
- Type of film
- Features
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Damien O'Donnell 1st Feature
- Producer
- Leslee Udwin
- Director of Photography
- Brian Tufano BSC
- Principal Cast
- Om Puri, Linda Bassett
- Screen Writer
- Ayub Khan-Din
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 26th November 2005
