Brick lane / a Ruby Films production ; screenplay by Abi Morgan & Laura Jones ; produced by Alison Owen & Christopher Collins ; directed by Sarah Gavron.
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Based on the novel by Monica Ali. Board of Film Censors, Singapore: NC16 (Some scenes of intimacy). Director of photography, Robbie Ryan; music, Jocelyn Pook; editor, Melanie Oliver. Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik. Closed-captioned.
Title
Brick lane / a Ruby Films production ; screenplay by Abi Morgan & Laura Jones ; produced by Alison Owen & Christopher Collins ; directed by Sarah Gavron.
Artist
Gavron, Sarah.
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English
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Video Recording
Abstract
Follows the life of Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee) a young Muslim girl who leaves her Bangladeshi village after her arranged marriage at seventeen. She and her husband move to London's East End. There she tries to devote herself to duty and family, yet is drawn to Karim, a young hothead. The story is set in 1980s Britain, during a climate of rising racial tensions.