cast" including OscarÂ(r) winner Daniel Day Lewis. The story is about a young Pakistani man coming of age in London. Living on the dole with his alcoholic father in a shabby South London flat, Omar is a bright-eyed Pakistani teenager who wants to make something of himself. And as his papa drowns deeper in vodka and self-pity, Omar turns to his unscrupulous wheeling-and-dealing Uncle Nasser to show him the key to success. But when Nasser hires Omar as manager of a seedy, dilapidated laundromat, Omar is forced to choose between running a squeaky-clean establish mentor conducting some very dirty businessT. he story follows Omar and Johnny, boyhood friends who reconnect and become lovers after many years. The film offers a sharp critique on the UK's Thatcher years and addresses class and immigration struggles in Britain, an unusual subject for queer films. It's a brilliant film that still is as relevant today as it was forty years ago.
Originally released in 1985
Widescreen
