Anita and me
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Movie propaganda
Meena Kumar (Chandeep Uppal) is 12 years old and lives in the village of Tollington - "the jewel of the Black Country" - in 1972. She is the daughter of Indian parents who have come to England to give her a better life. Her idyllic adolescence, surrounded by eccentric relatives and friends, is disrupted by the arrival in Tollington of Anita Rutter (Anna Brewster) and her dysfunctional family. At 14 - blonde, aloof, beautiful, outrageous and sassy - Anita is everything Meena thinks she wants to be. Meena wheedles her way into Anita's life but the arrival of a baby brother, teenage hormones, impending entrance exams for the posh grammar school and a motorcycling rebel without a future, threaten to turn her salad days sour. Anita and me paints a comic, poignant, compassionate and colourful portrait of village life in the era of flares, glam rock and Jackie magazine.
Theatrical propaganda posters
Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film 1970s Indian migrant UK England family friends comedy teen girl pop multicultural
Persons of interest
- Kabir Bedi .... Yeti
- Max Beesley .... Hairy Neddy
- Sanjeev Bhaskar .... Mr Kumar
- Anna Brewster .... Anita Rutter
- Kathy Burke .... Mrs Rutter
- Ayesha Dharker .... Mrs Kumar
- Omid Djalili .... Uncle Amman
- Alex Freeborn .... Sam Lowbridge
- Lynn Redgrave .... Mrs Ormerod
- Zohra Sehgal .... Nanima
- Meera Syal .... Auntie Shaila
- Christine Tremarco .... Sandy
- Chandeep Uppal .... Meena Kumar
- Meera Syal .... Author
- Meera Syal .... Screenwriter
- Metin Hüseyin .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Anita and me official film site
- Anita and me QuickTime movie trailer
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Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
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Media intelligence (DVD)
- Audio: Surround
- Languages: English
- Picture: Widescreen (1.85:1/16:9 enhanced)
- Special features:
- Featurettes: Behind-the-scenes
- Picture disc
Security censorship classification
M (Adult themes, low level violence, low level sex scene)
Surveillance time
92 minutes (1:32 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 1 May 2003
DVD rental: 24 September 2003
VHS rental: 24 September 2003
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