The first two-thirds of this film by Indian-born British director Udayan Prasad offers a fascinating glimpse into the day-to-day lives of illegal South Asian immigrants in 1960s England, especially the emotional and spiritual toll their hidden existence
eventually exacts. Amir (Pavlan Malhotra) arrives in a sooty Midlands city in the dead of night, crammed into the back of a cabbage truck. After making the first of many payments to his profiteering "agent" (Kulvinder Ghir), he's hustled into a dreary boarding house teeming with illegals, all of
whom have traveled to the UK in hopes of making enough money to support their distant families and maybe even saving enoug...
Released:
1995
Rated:
NR
Length:
102 mins