Brick lane [videorecording] / a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Film4, Ingenious Film Partners and the UK Film Council present a Ruby Films production ; produced by Alison Owen, Chris Collins ; screenplay by Abi Morgan, Laura Jones ; directed by Sarah Gavron.
Other Titles: Brick lane.
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009]
ISBN: 1435918436
9781435918436
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Arranged marriage England London Drama.
Women Bangladesh Social conditions Drama.
Married women England London Drama.
Man-woman relationships England London Drama.
Melodrama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
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Credits: Director of photography, Robbie Ryan ; editor, Melanie Oliver ; music, Jocelyn Pook.
Performers: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexuality and brief strong language.
Notes: English dialogue, English or French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Monica Ali.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Summary: Nazneem is a young Bangladeshi woman who arrives in London during the 1980s. She leaves behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. In a loveless marriage to the middle aged Chanu, she feels trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London. She begins to fear that her soul is quietly dying. Meanwhile, her sister Hasina, continues to live a carefree life back in Bangladesh. Nazneen struggles to accept her lifestyle and tries to keep her head down in spite of life's blows. She soon discovers that life cannot be avoided and she is forced to confront life the day that the hotheaded young Karim comes knocking at her door.
