Advantages: Excellent acting from all, very strong story Disadvantages: Can be quite depressing, shows racism at its worst
Yasmin was never released in UK cinemas but I saw it on TV last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. As it was repeated on Channel 4 recently I felt I had to watch it again.
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Screen-written by Simon Beaufoy and stars Archie Panjabi with strong support from Shahid Ahmed, Steve Jackson and Syed Ahmed. Yasmin was released in 2004 and was produced by Sally Hibbin, directed by Kenny Glenaan and runs for just over 80 minutes. ... ...on with cleaning it.
Yasmin (Panjabi) is a young Pakistani woman having been brought up in West Yorkshire whose attempts to please both her family and still enjoy a western way of life makes the start of this film quite amusing. She is married to her cousin from Pakistan, a goat herder who she has a platonic relationship with and intends to divorce him as soon as his permanent residency papers come through. She lives in a house bought for her by ...
anonymili 23.09.2005
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a precarious balancing act as she attempts both to please her traditional Pakistani family and enjoy the freedoms of Western life. Having rebelled against her fam...
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