A Pakistani man and his family (wife and son) are immigrants in England, where the man drives a taxi. Through his work, he encounters many from the "seedy" neighborhoods and befriends on young woman in particular. He works hard to support his family, send his son to school and money back to his wife's family in Pakistan. Money is what he seeks and how he identifies value, but personal honor and respectability are important to him. When he finds out his son is entering the world of religious fundamentalism, he discovers for himself how incomprehensible this is. He is able to explore his own values against those being displayed by the other characters in his life: his son, his wife, his prostitute friend and a German businessman who has become a regular customer. It is an interesting look at what happens when children become more conservative than their parents. It is an interesting morality tale, yet I am sure that a variety of viewers will each see a different moral truth. It is this last piece that makes for a complex and interesting world.
4 stars (out of 5)
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is this in the theaters?
No, this is actually from the late 90's and I just got around to it now.
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