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April 1986 (USA) morePlot:
An ambitious Asian Briton and his white lover strive for success and hope, when they open up a glamorous laundromat. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Bond Star Craig Picks Up Best Actor Award (From WENN. 5 February 2007)
'Vera Drake' Steals British Film Award Ceremony (From WENN. 8 February 2005)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Saeed Jaffrey | ... | Nasser |
 | Roshan Seth | ... | Papa |
 | Daniel Day-Lewis | ... | Johnny (as Daniel Day Lewis) |
| Gordon Warnecke | ... | Omar |
| Derrick Branche | ... | Salim |
| Rita Wolf | ... | Tania |
| Souad Faress | ... | Cherry |
| Richard Graham | ... | Genghis |
| Shirley Anne Field | ... | Rachel |
| Winston Graham | ... | Jamaican One |
| Charu Bala Chokshi | ... | Bilquis (as Charu Bala Choksi) |
| Dudley Thomas | ... | Jamaican Two |
 | Garry Cooper | ... | Squatter |
| Neil Cunningham | ... | Englishman |
| Persis Maravala | ... | Nasser's Elder Daughter |
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:U | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16MOVIEmeter: 
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Salim: I want to talk to Omar about business.Johnny: I dunno where he is.
Salim: Is it worth waiting?
Johnny: In my experience it's always worth waiting for Omo.
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Stephen Frears' film of Hanif Kureshi's script about the Pakistani and the NF punk who grew up as friends, and find themselves attracted to each other again. Gordon Warneke and Daniel Day-Lewis play the lovers in this intelligent movie which has a cheap British tinge but has some superb moments (Saeed Jaffrey as Warneke's uncle, ‘a professional businessman, not a professional Pakistani') within it.
Perhaps the longest-lasting image is the two boys in the back room of the launderette, splashing each other with water, and putting aside the political differences between them. Whether it truly makes its points about race and sexuality I'm not sure.