My Beautiful Laundrette

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"My Beautiful Laundrette" takes place in the Asian community of London during the years that MargaretThatcher was Prime Minister. Omar takes over operating his Uncle Nasser's laundrette. He is helped by his friend Johnny who is an outsider, white but not entirely accepted by either the white or Asian Londoners.

Director: Stephen Frears
Producer(s): Sarah Radclyffe, Tim Bevan
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Roshan Seth, Shirley Field, Saeed Jaffrey, Derrick Branche, Shirley Anne Field, Rita Wolf, Souad Faress

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