Mein wunderbarer Waschsalon (1985)

Mein wunderbarer Waschsalon: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Graham, Winston Graham, Dudley Thomas. An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.

“Stephen Frearsu0026#39; film of Hanif Kureshiu0026#39;s script about the Pakistani and the NF punk who grew up as friends, and find themselves attracted to each other again. Gordon Warneke and Daniel Day-Lewis play the lovers in this intelligent movie which has a cheap British tinge but has some superb moments (Saeed Jaffrey as Warnekeu0026#39;s uncle, ‘a professional businessman, not a professional Pakistaniu0026#39;) within it. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePerhaps the longest-lasting image is the two boys in the back room of the launderette, splashing each other with water, and putting aside the political differences between them. Whether it truly makes its points about race and sexuality Iu0026#39;m not sure.”