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Brick Lane Genre: Drama Rating: PG13 Language: English Runtime: 102 min |
Presented in partnership with
D. Sarah Gavron, UK, 2008, 102 min.
Monica Ali's debut gets the cinematic treatment with this literary adaptation. At the age of 17, Nazneed unwillingly marries an older man, and he takes her from her rural home in Bangaladesh to the busy streets of London. Refusing to live the life that's been assigned to her, Nazneen begins an affair with a man she meets in her new home.
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