My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette

Stephen Frears’ (‘Florence Foster Jenkins’, ‘Philomena’) multi-layered social comedy, ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’, tells of the relationship forged across the cultural divide between young Asian Omar (Gordon Warnecke) and his friend and lover Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis) as they finance and open their dream launderette.

The Oscar-nominated film was shot on a budget of £600,000 entirely on location in Vauxhall, South London.

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Runtime 97 Minutes
Release date 1985
Certificate
  • Certification: 15