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East Is East
East Is East is a 1999 English comedy-drama film written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed by Damien O'Donnell. It is set in Salford, Lancashire (now in Greater Manchester), in 1971, in a mixed-ethnicity British household headed by Pakistani father George (Om Puri) and an English mother, Ella (Linda Bassett).
Plot
In 1971, George Khan is a Pakistani Muslim who has lived in Britain since 1937. He has a wife in Pakistan. He and his second wife Ella, an English Roman Catholic woman of Irish descent, have been married for twenty-five years and have seven children; Nazir, Abdul, Tariq, Maneer, Saleem, Meenah (the only daughter) and Sajid. George and Ella run a popular fish and chip shop.
More details
| author | Ayub Khan-Din |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Salford |
| director | Damien O'Donnell |
| editor | Michael Parker |
| events | British Pakistanis Culture gap family intercultural marriage |
| genre | comedy-drama romance |
| keywords | 1971 bangladesh liberation war arranged marriage bangladesh liberation war british pakistani catholic church enoch powell fish and chip fish and chip shop fish and chips irish briton irish descent islam in the united kingdom married misgive muslim who has lived in britain obsess pakistan pakistani roman catholic run second wife sibling wed white british |
| musicBy | Deborah Mollison |
| nomination | European Film Award for Best Screenwriter |
| producer | Leslee Udwin |
| productionCompany | Assassin Films FilmFour |
| publisher | Film4 Productions |