West is West
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 7:00pm
Cineplex Odeon at Park & Tilford
333 Brooksbank Avenue, North Vancouver

Manchester, North of England, 1976. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobically cohesive and desperately dysfunctional Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid (Aqib Khan), the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani traditions, and from the fierce racist bullies in the schoolyard. Isolated and bored, he resorts to bunking off school and shoplifting useless items to spice up his dull and lonely little life.
In a last attempt to make a good Muslim and a good son of him, his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 30 years earlier. Resolved to teach Sajid a lesson, the tables are turned on George when he comes face to face with his own transgressions, and realizes that it is he himself who has much to learn.

“East may be East and West West, but the two do meet in the character of George Khan. It’s truly one of the great comic roles of recent British films.”
– Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

Director: Andy DeEmmony | Cast: Linda Bassett, Aqib Khan, Om Puri | Year: 2010 | Country: United Kingdom |  Language: English | Runtime: 102 minutes

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For more information, see the North Shore International Film Series page.