My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette is a British comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and based on a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi. It was released in 1985. Working Title Films distributed the film as one of their initial releases.

The novel is set in London during the Thatcher years, and the complicated, and often hilarious, connections between members of the Pakistani and English populations are portrayed in the plot. The plot revolves around Omar, a young Pakistani guy living in London, and his reunion and ultimately romance with an old buddy, Johnny, a street punk played by Daniel Day-Lewis. The two take over the maintenance and management of a launderette that was once owned by Omar's uncle Nasser.

Day-Lewis portrays the semi-fascist punk love interest of Omar, a British-Pakistani man living in South London during the height of Thatcherism, in one of his first significant cinematic roles. Like other films of its era and origin, socioeconomics and class play a key role in the conflicts of its characters with one another, as do the LGBT overtones that lead the core storyline interaction.

Detailed information:

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Release date: 7 September 1985

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091578