Debutant feature director Sarah Gavron has received a lot of good press for this effort. BAFTA and the London Film...
Debutant feature director Sarah Gavron has received a lot of good press for this effort. BAFTA and the London Film Critics Circle in particular have put her name forward in the ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ category for this story about the relationships between family members, immigrants and their new homelands.
Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee), a young Bangladeshi woman, is forced to relocate to 1980s London due to an arranged marriage. Her life descends into loveless matrimony in an unfamiliar world she desperately wants to leave, while she struggles to accept the discontented existence that fate has bestowed upon her. That is, until local hothead Karim comes into her life. An affair ensues, one that forces Nazneen to confront the disparities between the realities of her new life and the hope for something better. Expect a tearjerker in a hostile racial environment.
Less
Where to watch Brick Lane
Brick Lane | Details
- Runtime
- 101
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- UK