During a street fight, Omar bumps into his former lover Johnny. The two rekindle the romance between them and manage Omar’s uncle’s laundrette, but various social issues stand in their way of success.
Working from Hanif Kureishi’s Academy Award-nominated screenplay, Stephen Frears’s portrait of life in Thatcher-era London proved a film far ahead of its time: bold in its ambitious negotiation of class, sexuality & identity politics. Starring the great Daniel Day-Lewis in one of his earliest roles.
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