Rent My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
3.5 of 5 from 180 ratings
1h 30min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Set within the Asian community in London, 'My Beautiful Launderette' is an unusual love story concerned with identity and entrepreneurial spirit during the Thatcher years. Omar (Gordon Warnecke) takes over the running of his wheeler-dealer uncle's launderette with the intention of turning it into a glittering place of commercial success. When he employs childhood friend and ex-National Front member Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis) they become lovers as well as working partners. However, complications soon ensue as the anger of Johnny's deserted gang begins to build and Omar is forced to face increasingly difficult family issues.
- Actors:
- Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Graham, Winston Graham, Dudley Thomas, Derrick Branche, Garry Cooper, Gordon Warnecke, Shirley Anne Field, Charu Bala Chokshi, Souad Faress, Rita Wolf, Persis Maravala, Nisha Kapur, Neil Cunningham, Walter Donohue, Gurdial Sira, Stephen Marcus, Dawn Archibald
- Directors:
- Stephen Frears
- Producers:
- Tim Bevan, Sarah Radclyffe
- Writers:
- Hanif Kureishi
- Studio:
- Cinema Club
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Lesbian & Gay, Romance
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch Next If You Liked: Prick Up Your Ears, A World of Difference: A History of Gay Cinema, Remembering Shirley Anne Field, The Big Match: Gregory's Girl v Bend It Like Beckham, The Instant Expert's Guide to Stephen Frears, Top 100 BFI Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/08/2017
- Run Time:
- 98 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- 1986 Q&A at the ICA with Stephen Frears, Hanif Kureishi, Sarah Radclyffe and Tim Bevan (1986, 98 mins, audio only)
- Gordon Warnecke on My Beautiful Laundrette (2015, 25 mins)
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (Michael Dibb and Stephen Frears, 1994, 77 mins): the director's affectionate exploration of British cinema and the films that influenced him I'm British But... (Gurinder Chadha, 1989, 30 mins): fascinating documentary on what it meant to be a young British Asian in the 1980s from the director of 'Bend It Like Beckham'
- Memsahib Rita (Prathiba Parma, 1994, 19 mins): a short film starring Nisha Nayar and Meera Syal exploring the physical and emotional violence of racism
