West Is West

West Is West

2010 · 103 min · EN · 6.5 (37 votes)
Dir. Andy de Emmony · Starring Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Robert Pugh, Jimi Mistry, Vanessa Hehir · Music Rob Lane · East Is East Collection

Same family. Different country. A lot more baggage.

Comedy

Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to 'sort him out', his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier.

VIBE

A riotous and heartwarming journey through cultural divides and family dynamics. Expect laugh-out-loud moments mixed with poignant reflections on belonging and tradition. It's a chaotic yet ultimately loving look at a family trying to find its way.

hilariousheartwarmingchaoticnostalgicsteadyslice-of-lifecharacter-driven comedyBritish realismfamilyculture clashidentitycoming-of-age
dysfunctional family
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