My Beautiful Laundrette
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An ambitious Asian Briton and his white lover strive for success and hope, when they open up a glamorous laundromat
"My Beautiful Laundrette" takes place in the Asian community of London during the years that Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister. Omar takes over operating his Uncle Nasser's laundrette. He is helped by his friend Johnny who is an outsider, white but not entirely accepted by either the white or Asian Londoners.