West Is West (2010)
- Directed by
- Andy De Emmony
- Genre
- comedy drama, teen film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- 14A
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 44 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Pakistani-British family deals with culture clashes and generational tensions. The father takes his son to Pakistan, where old conflicts with his first wife add to the family drama.
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What happens
West Is West is a 2010 British comedy-drama film directed by Andy DeEmmony and starring Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Aqib Khan, Ila Arun and Jimi Mistry. A sequel to the 1999 comedy film East Is East, it was written by Ayub Khan-Din and produced by Leslee Udwin for Assassin Films and BBC Films. The film was first shown at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September. It premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on 19 October 2010, followed by UK and Irish release on 25 February 2011. The first US showing was on 2 November 2010 at the South Asian International Film Festival, followed by several other US festivals. While it was released in Canada on 25 March 2011, it never received a US release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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