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East Is East

A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.

6.5(231)19991h 37m2

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$3.8M
Box office
$28.2M
Language
Russian
Part of East Is East Collection · 2 films
  • daughter
  • jealousy
  • muslim
  • northern england
  • hippie
  • religious education
  • parent child relationship
  • faith
  • tradition
  • culture clash
  • 1970s
  • modern society

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR14 May 1999
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical155 Nov 1999

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East Is East was released on 14 May 1999.

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    CinemaSerf

    4/17/2025

    7/10

    It’s early 1970s Britain and “George” (Om Puri) has been running his chip shop in Salford for many years since leaving his home (and wife) in Pakistan. Not long after he arrived after the war, he met and married “Ella” (Linda Bassett) and they’ve had half a dozen children, many of whom are now starting to become eligible for the marriage game. Though he has integrated, up to a point, he is determined to ensure that t…

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