My Beautiful Laundrette (Criterion Collection)

Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a Pakistani youth living in London, is given the chance by his entrepreneur uncle (Saeed Jaffrey) to refurbish a rundown laundromat. Reuniting with a boyhood friend (Daniel Day-Lewis) turned skinhead, Omar looks to make the storefront a neighborhood success...and maybe rekindle their romance. Stephen Frears' offbeat, seriocomic look at life in Thatcher's England co-stars Roshan Seth, Derrick Branche, Rita Wolf. 97 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; featurettes; theatrical trailer.