My Son the Fanatic

Release Date:

Oct 21, 1997

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

1:27

Genre:

Romance

Director:

Udayan Prasad

Cast:

Om Puri	Parvez
Rachel Griffiths	Bettina
Stellan Skarsgard	Schitz
Akbar Kurtha	Farid
Gopi Desai	Minoo
Harish Patel	Fizzy
Sarah-Jane Potts	Madelaine
Bhasker Patel	Maulvi
Judi Jones	Mrs. Fingerhut
Geoffrey Bateman	Chief Insp. Fingerhut
Bernard Wrigley	Drunk man
Moya Brady	Druggy prostitute
Badi Uzzaman	Man in mosque
Andy Devine	Comedian
Shiv Grewal	Waiter
Omar Salimi	Rashid
Dev Sagoo	Taxi controller
Rowena King	Margot
Olwen May	Prostitute
Alison Burrows	Prostitute
Parvez Qadir	Acolyte
Shakheil Bassi	Acolyte
Balraj Singh Somal	Driver
Kez Kempton	Driver

Producers:

Chris Curling , George Faber

Language:

English

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Pakistani-born Parvez has been a cab driver in the North of England for many years, struggling to provide a better life for his family. He could not be more thrilled that his son, Farid, looks poised to make a good marriage. But Farid unexpectedly calls the wedding off, suddenly under the influence of radical Islamic fundamentalists, and Parvez consoles himself by having an affair with an understanding prostitute, Bettina .

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