My Beautiful Laundrette

Omar, a young British Pakistani man, takes over the running of a dilapidated laundrette with former flame Johnny. Johnny’s unsavoury racist affiliations aren’t enough to overcome their chemistry and their affair resumes in the face of family pressures and cultural conflict. Hanif Kureishi’s Oscar-nominated screenplay crackles with wit and warmth in the face of racial tensions and homophobia and remains one of the most celebrated takedowns of Thatcher’s Britain.