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Brick Lane

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At the age of 17, Nazneen leaves Bangladesh for an arranged marriage to an older husband in London's Brick Lane. After ten years, she has given Chanu two daughters, made him a home and trimmed the corns on his feet, but she yearns to break free. She begins an illicit affair with Karim, the dashing market trader for whom she sews jeans.

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Critics Consensus

Frustratingly slow-moving, but ultimately saved by Chatterjee's solid acting and Gavron's gentle patience.

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Deborah Ross The Spectator 08/23/2018
It's not flashy or showy and it is not going to knock your socks off, but it's a small jewel of a film: gentle, languorous, humane, and acted with the utmost sweetness. Go to Full Review Susan Walker Toronto Star 10/18/2008
3.5/4
Kaushik is remarkable as Chanu, a role that demands he be a buffoonish, yet loving man, intelligent beneath his self-aggrandizing attitudes, oversized ambitions and determined cheerfulness. Go to Full Review Tom Long Detroit News 08/01/2008
B+
Small, intimate and achingly modern, Brick Lane is a lovely study involving both one woman's awakening and the inevitability of cross-cultural pollination. Go to Full Review David Lamble Bay Area Reporter 06/01/2020
Sarah Gavron's astonishing debut feature draws on Monica Ali's daring post-9/11 story depicting the tribulations and temptations of an unworldly young Muslin woman Go to Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row 07/06/2019
2.5/4
A beautifully made film with its heart in the right place, there's just not enough of that heart to go around. Go to Full Review James Vance Tulsa World 02/06/2018
3/4
Though some of the journeys lead to unhappy endings, Nazneen's story offers us a resolution as satisfying as any contemporary drama has given us this year. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Jerod S @jeroduptown 06/06/2024 Bangledesh to London, Nanzeen is married to a man she doesn't love and that seems to have delusions of grandeur on how their family will survive. She finds different kinds of love and truth in her desire to go back and see her sister - and her growth lands her in a spot she wouldn't have imagined. See more isla s @RT89656869 09/03/2022 This is very much an immersive film, at times a sobering and yet thoughtful one that does well at portraying the life of indian immigrants in London. I liked the music played, the traditional Indian instrumental music and also seeing the bright vivid colours of the indian culture, the costumes and celebrations etc. Plus; it was, of course, sad to see how people were looked down on by some. Watching the characters watch 9/11 happen again gave me the chills. I particularly liked the characterisation in this film - I thought it felt quite realistic and so it was a good film, one I'd recommend, especially with the ending, which was surprisingly somewhat moving, making this a reasonably solid film. See more 11/19/2018 AMAZING! Nazneen is an independent woman who loves herself and her sister, even though her sister is an prostitute. Nazneen is not an prostitute, altough she likes to kiss other men and cheat on her unsuspecting husband. the movie is very slow, but when her daughter runs away from home, the movie really starts getting interesting. SIke. The movie ends 10 minutes after the first exciting thing happens. See more 10/10/2017 It's a heavy heavy film, but native speakers will feel oddity when Bangla is spoken. See more 05/28/2014 I really liked this biopic of East-meets-West-meets-east-again! based on the book, which I have now duly purchased for £1 at a charity shop. A powerful and hard-hitting account of an immigrant women's experience of state housing, marriage, unemployment, (Indian lady) loansharks, westernised kids; and the attraction of our fantasies, meeting the brutal truths. A truly commendible effort, in the Capital of my UK! See more 03/03/2014 I would say brick LAME... what a shit movie See more Read all reviews
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Sarah Gavron

Director

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Nazneen Ahmed

Satish Kaushik

Chanu Ahmed

Christopher Simpson

Karim

Naeema Begum

Shahana

Lana Rahman

Bibi

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Synopsis At the age of 17, Nazneen leaves Bangladesh for an arranged marriage to an older husband in London's Brick Lane. After ten years, she has given Chanu two daughters, made him a home and trimmed the corns on his feet, but she yearns to break free. She begins an illicit affair with Karim, the dashing market trader for whom she sews jeans.
Director
Sarah Gavron
Producer
Alison Owen, Chris Collins
Screenwriter
Abi Morgan, Laura Jones
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Ruby Films
Rating
PG-13 (Some Sexuality|Brief Strong Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Bangla
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 20, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.1M
Runtime
1h 41m