My Beautiful Laundrette

Apparently culture clashes are best resolved over dirty laundry. A young Pakistani Briton manages a laundrette with his lover. It mostly gets by on charming chaos.

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Stephen Frears directed My Beautiful Laundrette in 1985. See Stephen Frears's full filmography, where to start with Stephen Frears, or where to go after you've seen everything by Stephen Frears.

My Beautiful Laundrette was released in 1985 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 98 minutes.