My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Name: My Beautiful Laundrette
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1985-11-16
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Derrick Branche

A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.

A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.

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Released 1985-11-16 · 98 min · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Directed by Stephen Frears

Cast

Gordon Warnecke as Omar Ali
Daniel Day-Lewis as Johnny Burfoot
Roshan Seth as Hussein "Papa" Ali
Saeed Jaffrey as Nasser Ali
Derrick Branche as Salim N. Ali
Rita Wolf as Tania N. Ali
Souad Faress as Cherry N. Ali
Shirley Anne Field as Rachel
Richard Graham as Genghis
Garry Cooper as Squatter
Charu Bala Chokshi as Bilquis
Persis Maravala as Nasser's Elder Daughter
Nisha Kapur as Nasir's Younger Daughter
Walter Donohue as Dick O'Donnell
Neil Cunningham as Englishman