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East Is East

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

1999·97 min·Released
Studio: Assassin Films, BBC, Film4 Productions
6.5TMDb
Theatrical May 14, 1999
Nexus ms7842TMDb 10557IMDb tt0166175
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UK · English · Foreign

Overview

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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Keywords

daughterjealousymuslimnorthern englandhippiereligious educationparent child relationshipfaithtraditionculture clash1970smodern societyislamintegrationcultural differencebritish asian

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Budget
$4M
Revenue
$28M
TMDb Votes
223
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026