BRICK LANE
by Sarah Gavron
synopsis
The story of a beautiful young Bangladeshi woman, seventeen-year-old Nanzeen, who arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Nazneen's mother always told her she was a survivor, but trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London, and in a loveless marriage with the middle aged Chanu, she fears her soul is quietly dying.
international title: | Brick Lane |
original title: | Brick Lane |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | The Works International |
year: | 2007 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Sarah Gavron |
release date: | UK 16/11/2007, FR 12/03/2008 |
screenplay: | Laura Jones, Abi Morgan |
cast: | Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Naeema Begum, Lana Rahman |
cinematography by: | Robbie Ryan |
film editing: | Melanie Oliver |
art director: | Simon Elliott |
costumes designer: | Michael O'Connor |
producer: | Chris Collins, Alison Owen, Paul Trijbits |
production: | Film4, Ruby Films, Seven Seas Productions (UK) |
backing: | New Cinema Fund |
distributor: | StudioCanal, Diaphana (FR) |