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Brick Lane (2007)

Brick Lane poster
Directed by
Sarah Gavron
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 44 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Bangladeshi woman living in London with her husband struggles with her arranged marriage and her quiet life. She finds a sense of freedom through an affair with a younger man.

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What happens

Brick Lane is a 2007 British drama film directed by Sarah Gavron in her directorial debut and adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by the British writer Monica Ali. The screenplay was written by Laura Jones and Abi Morgan. The Indian actress Tannishtha Chatterjee played the lead role of Nazneen. The film had its first public screening at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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