Fish and Chips

Titre original : East Is East

1999
14A
1h 36m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,9/10

20 k

MA NOTE

Liretrailer1 min 25 s

1 vidéo

28 photos

Satire Comedy Drama

Au début des années 1970 en Angleterre, un père pakistanais voit son autorité, qu'il a réussi à maintenir jusqu'à présent, mise au défi par ses enfants de plus en plus anglicisés.Au début des années 1970 en Angleterre, un père pakistanais voit son autorité, qu'il a réussi à maintenir jusqu'à présent, mise au défi par ses enfants de plus en plus anglicisés.Au début des années 1970 en Angleterre, un père pakistanais voit son autorité, qu'il a réussi à maintenir jusqu'à présent, mise au défi par ses enfants de plus en plus anglicisés.

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,9/10

20 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

A remporté le prix 1 BAFTA Award
- 16 victoires et 14 nominations au total

Vidéos1

Trailer 1:25

East Is East

Photos28

+ 20

Plus de résultats de ce genre

6,4

West Is West

East Is East

6,7

Joue-la comme Beckham

6,0

6,6

7,2

6,7

7,3

6,6

7,7

6,4

7,7

Histoire

Modifier

Le saviez-vous

Modifier

Anecdotes
The drawing of a penis with a foreskin that Saleem shows his brothers and sister proved unexpectedly difficult. Chris Bisson can't draw so an artist was commissioned to sketch the object in question, but upon seeing the finished result, it was quickly decided that it looked too odd. It transpired that the artist was in fact circumcised and had no familiarity with foreskins, so the cast and crew were asked if anyone could draw and would like to volunteer his penis. Fortunately, one of the set photographers fit both requirements.

Gaffes
In the film they constantly use the term "shillings" when referring to prices and money. Britain adopted the pounds and pence decimal system on 15 February 1971, and over the next year or two ditched the shilling and pence currency. In the film's opening scene the caption reads "Salford, Manchester, 1971," and after the eldest brother runs out on his wedding a second caption, in the second or third scene, then reads "six months later," meaning that Britain had changed over the currency, so when one of the brothers keeps begging his mum for 10 shillings, etc., it might sound factually incorrect, but there was a changeover period and use of both currencies was permitted. Shilling coins remained legal tender and in circulation for many years; the sixpence remained in circulation until 1980 for machines, but was removed from general use after 1973; conversely the 50 New Pence coin (worth 10 shillings) was introduced two years before decimalisation. People didn't stop using the word "shilling" for many years although by 1974, the use of old money had gone.

Citations
George Khan: ...when I come this country, I have no luggage. Today what I got?
Meenah Khan: You got a chip shop, Dad.
George Khan: Right. Own bloody business, see.

Générique farfelu
Special thanks to ... and all the residents of Openshaw.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Instinct/The Loss of Sexual Innocence/Limbo (1999)

Bandes originales
The Banner Man
Written by Roger Greenaway, Herbie Flowers and Roger Cook
Copyright 1971, Cauliflower Music Ltd.
Performed by Blue Mink
Licensed from Trojan Recordings Ltd.

Commentaires des utilisateurs169

Commentaire

Commentaire en vedette

A different side of England

I wish there were more movies about the different cultures in the UK. Not just the Anglo, but the Asian and West Indian perspectives. Even the Southeast Asian view. The Middle Easterners have shown great strides with movies like "Bend It Like Beckham" and a few others. This movie got away from me until recently. I saw in the library video section and decided to check it out. The box is very misleading. They put a young interracial couple, front and center on the cover when actually their subplot is very peripheral to the story. I guess the movie studio figured they'd get a wider audience interested with younger faces on the cover since the main characters look to be in their 50s.

George Khan (Om Puri) has left his native Pakistan to live in the UK with its soveriegnty ties. Though he has a wife back in his homeland (she is only mentioned, not seen), he marries a white Englishwoman, Ella (Lynda Bassett). They have 7 kids: 6 boys and 1 girl. Flash forward to the late 60s (where the movie actually begins) and we see his kids are truly English in behavior though he stresses that they must go to Mosque to study and worship. His oldest is to be wed in an arranged marriage to a woman he hardly knows. He runs out in the middle of the ceremony in fear, embarrassing his family especially his father who disowns him. This sets the tone of the movie. His kids are English-born and want to live like their friends in their working-class neighborhood but George wants to raise them as traditional Muslims, despite opposition from his wife, Ella, who only wants the kids to be happy. She tries to help them avoid run-ins with their father who despite his cheerfulness is quite an ogre when angered. The kids range in attitude and indifference toward George's attempts to introduce them to the traditional ways.

This is a decent introduction to immigrant life in the UK especially since it's set during a time when there was political strife over immigration of non-whites into Britain. Though it's an effective comedy, it also touches on the frustration immigrants of any culture go through to hold onto or reject their identity. The only thing marring this movie is a domestic violence scene that may bother some. Still a very good movie worth seeing.