My Beautiful Laundrette(1985)
A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
Movie: My Beautiful Laundrette
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Omar Ali
Johnny Burfoot
Hussein "Papa" Ali
Nasser Ali
Salim N. Ali
Tania N. Ali
Cherry N. Ali
Rachel
Genghis
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