Sammy And Rosie Get Laid

Director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi, the team that produced the splendid MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE, join forces again to provide a cynically humorous and apocalyptic portrait of life in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's England. Sammy (Ayub Khan Din) and Rosie (Frances Barber), a young interracial married couple, lead a bohemian existence in a marginal London neighborhood. Theirs is a relationship based on "freedom plus commitment," meaning that they sleep with whomever they want but still love each other. Into this genially amoral world comes Sammy's father, Rafi Rahman (Shashi Kapoor, a huge star in India), a charming rogue who has not seen his...