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East Is East is a 1999 British 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 and an English mother, Ella (Linda Bassett).
- Ayub Khan-Din
- 1996
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- Damien O'donnell
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- 17
East Is East. For George "Genghis" Khan, life is a never-ending struggle to teach his kids traditional family values. His modern, fun-loving sons Tony and Abdul, on the other hand, think they have everything figured out.
Oct 11, 2013 · East is East (1999) - Original Trailer by Film&ClipsDirected by Damien O'Donnel, with Jordan Routledge, Archie Panjabi, Emil Marwa, Chris Bisson, Jimi Mistry...
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In early-1970s England, a traditional Pakistani father (Om Puri) finds his brood--consisting of six sons and one daughter--spinning in decidedly non-traditional, independent-minded directions; his eldest son actually runs away from home rather than keeping to his fate of an arranged marriage.