| Daniel Day-Lewis | Johnny |
| Gordon Warnecke | Omar |
| Saeed Jaffrey | Nasser |
| Roshan Seth | Papa |
| Derrick Branche | Salim |
| Shirley Anne Field | Rachel |
In a seedy corner of London, Omar, a young Pakistani, is given a run-down laundromat by his uncle, who hopes to turn it into a successful business. Soon after, Omar is attacked by a group of racist punks, but defuses the situation when he realizes their leader is his former lover, Johnny . The men resume their relationship and rehabilitate the laundromat together, but various social forces threaten to compromise their success.
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