My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
My Beautiful Laundrette is set within the Asian community in London, during the Thatcher years, and displays those values, of money but 'anybody can make it.' Omar gains the running of 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. There are many memorable characters: Tania, Omar's cousin whom he might marry. Salim the manager of Nasser's garage and sometime drug importer. Rachel, Nasser's white mistriss, who like Johnny seems to be another outsider. The interaction of these people gives a comic insight into their world and makes a very refreshing film.
Books with substantial mentioning of My Beautiful Laundrette
| Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000 |
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| Jonathan Hacker and David Price Take 10, Contemporary British Film Directors Oxford, New York, 1992 |
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| Frank N. Magill (ed.) Magill's Cinema Annual 1987, A Survey of the Films of 1986 Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1987 |
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