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Brick Lane - Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Sarah Gavron
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At the tender age of seventeen, Nazneen's life is turned upside down. After an arranged marriage to an older man, she exchanges her Bangladeshi village home for a block of flats in London's East End. In this new world, pining for her home and her sister, she struggles to make sense of her existence - and to do her duty to her husband. A man of inflated ideas (and stomach), he sorely tests her compliance.
Told from birth that she must not fight her fate, Nazneen submits, devoting her life to raising her family and slapping down her demons of discontent. Until the day that Karim, a hot-headed local man, bursts into her life.
Against a background of escalating racial tension, they embark on an affair that finally forces Nazneen to take control of her life. Set in multicultural Britain, Brick Lane is a truly contemporary story of love, cultural difference, and ultimately, the strength of the human spirit.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film drama UK Bangladesh arranged marriage London independence multicultural romance muslim
Persons of interest
- Tannishtha Chatterjee .... Nazneen Ahmed
- Satish Kaushik .... Chanu Ahmed
- Christopher Simpson .... Karim
- Lalita Ahmed .... Mrs Islam
- Naeema Begum .... Shahana Ahmed
- Harsh Nayyar .... Dr Azad
- Lana Rahman .... Bibi Ahmed
- Harvey Virdi .... Razia
- Zafreen .... Hasina
- Monica Ali .... Author
- Laura Jones .... Screenwriter
- Abi Morgan .... Screenwriter
- Sarah Gavron .... Director
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- Awards and film festivals:
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2008: Nominated: BAFTA Film Award Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer (Sarah Gavron)
- British Independent Film Awards 2007: Nominated: British Independent Film Award Best Director of a British Independent Film (Sarah Gavron), Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film (Tannishtha Chatterjee)
- Dinard British Film Festival (Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard) 2007: Won: Best Screenplay (Abi Morgan), Silver Hitchcock (Sarah Gavron)
- London Critics Circle Film Awards 2008: Nominated: ALFS Award British Breakthrough - Filmmaking (Sarah Gavron)
- San Sebastián International Film Festival 2007: Won: Sarah Gavron
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Theatrical report
See Anita and me, only with more drama and less comedy. And Bangladeshis instead of Indians. And adults instead of teenagers. And Muslims instead of Hindus.
The drama, UK movie Brick Lane is directed by Sarah Gavron and stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson.
Government security censorship classification
M (Moderate coarse language, sex and themes)
Surveillance time
102 minutes (1:42 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 20 March 2008
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