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East Is East

1999, Movie, R, 96 mins

East Is East: Review

Immigrant father, rebellious children: The specifics change, but the broad strokes of this story are always the same. That said, actor-turned-screenwriter Ayub Khan Din finds some fresh angles on this time-honored material. Pakistani patriarch George Khan (Indian actor Om Puri) is married to an Englishwoman, Ella (Linda Bassett); it's 1971 and they have seven English-born children, ranging in age from early 20s to 12. George and Ella run a fish-and-chips shop in a working-cl... read more leave a comment