1999
6.6 (215 votes)
1h 37m
Genres
Drama
Comedy
Production Companies
Assassin Films
Film4 Productions
BBC
Film4 Productions
BBC
East Is East
A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.
Overview
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
Key Crew
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Screenplay: Ayub Khan-Din
Director of Photography: Brian Tufano
Producer: Leslee Udwin
Top Cast
Om Puri
George Khan
Linda Bassett
Ella Khan
Ian Aspinall
Nazir Khan
Jimi Mistry
Tariq Khan
Archie Panjabi
Meenah Khan
Jordan Routledge
Sajid Khan
Chris Bisson
Saleem Khan
Lesley Nicol
Auntie Annie
Videos
East is East
