Brick Lane
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sarah Gavron
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Satish Kaushik
Christopher Simpson
Harvey Virdi
Naeema Begum
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The story of a beautiful young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneen, who arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. 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. Her sister Hasina, meanwhile, continues to live a carefree life back in Bangladesh, stumbling from one adventure to the next. Nazneen struggles to accept her own lifestyle, and keeps her head down in spite of life's blows, but she soon discovers that life cannot be avoided--and is forced to confront it the day that the hotheaded young Karim comes knocking at her door.
Director
Sarah Gavron
Crew
Monica Ali
Ruhul Amin
Suzanne Austin
Shaheen Baig
Katherine Butler
Chris Collins
Christopher Collins
Uma Da Cunha
Sangeeta Datta
Simon Elliott
Becca Gatrell
Dan Green
Paula Jalfon
Laura Jones
Abi Morgan
Michael O'connor
Melanie Oliver
Alison Owen
Jocelyn Pook
Duncan Reid
Tessa Ross
Robbie Ryan
Andy Shelley
Loveleen Tandan
Paul Trijbits
Faye Ward
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner of the CICAE Award at the 2007 San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Winner of the Alfred Dunhill UK Film Talent Award at the 2007 Times BFI London Film Festival.
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States on Video January 13, 2009
Released in United States September 2007
Released in United States Summer June 20, 2008
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 24-May 8, 2008.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi - New Directors) September 20-29, 2007.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.
Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 31-September 3, 2007.
Shown at Times BFI London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 17-November 1, 2007.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 6-15, 2007.
Based on the novel "Brick Lane" by Monica Ali; published by Scribner September 9, 2003.
Sameera Reddy previously attached to star.
Project is among 40 others that FilmFour has put into development following its closure as a stand-alone company with its own distribution arm and its subsequent relaunch as an in-house production unit within its parent Channel 4.
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 31-September 3, 2007.)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Times BFI London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 17-November 1, 2007.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 24-May 8, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.)
Released in United States on Video January 13, 2009
Released in United States Summer June 20, 2008 (NY, LA)
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi - New Directors) September 20-29, 2007.)
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 6-15, 2007.)
