My Son the Fanatic (1997)
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 6
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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 2
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In a small city in the English midlands, a Pakistani immigrant named Parvez (Om Puri) works long hours driving a cab to provide modest comfort for his disapproving wife, Minoo (Gopi Desai), and better opportunities for his collegiate son, Farid (Akbar Kurtha). When Farid breaks off his engagement with the daughter of the city's white police commissioner, drops out of university and joins a cell of Islamic fundamentalists, Parvez must bide his time and hope that his son will come around to his
Jun 25, 1999 Limited
Jan 25, 2000
Miramax
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Cast
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Om Puri
Parvez -
Stellan Skarsgård
Schitz -
Gopi Desai
Minoo -
Rachel Griffiths
Bettina -
Akbar Kurtha
Farid -
Bhasker Patel
The Maulvi -
Harish Patel
Fizzy -
Sarah-Jane Potts
Madelaine -
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Puri and Griffiths work beautifully together.
Australian actress Rachel Griffiths is a knockout as Bettina (real name Sandra) the hooker who finds her own badly needed affection in Parvez.
Powerful drama that takes cultural differences between family members seriously.
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