Banglatown Banquet (2006)
- Directed by
- Hettie MacDonald
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A middle-aged Bangladeshi woman in Britain has her life disrupted when her husband comes back from Bangladesh with a pregnant teenage bride. The film follows her struggle with this sudden change in her household.
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What happens
Banglatown Banquet is a 2006 British television drama film directed by Hettie MacDonald, written by Tanika Gupta, and stars Shabana Azmi, Shobu Kapoor and Shelly King. The film is about a middle-aged Bangladeshi woman whose life is turned upside down when her husband returns from Bangladesh with a pregnant teenage bride. It was broadcast by BBC Two on 25 March 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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