Brick Lane (2007)

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

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)

Trailer

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