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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

1987 · 100 min

A messy, talky, politically charged slice of London life that mixes wit, sex, and urban unrest into an uneasy but engaging experience.

Directed by: Stephen Frears
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Shashi Kapoor, Ayub Khan-Din, Frances Barber

Tagline: While London burns...
Overview: Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Rafi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Rafi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.

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Directed by: Stephen Frears
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Shashi Kapoor, Ayub Khan-Din, Frances Barber

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
love
politics
class
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Written by: Hanif Kureishi
Starring: Shashi Kapoor, Ayub Khan-Din, Frances Barber, Claire Bloom, Lesley Manville, Suzette Llewellyn, Roland Gift, Emer Gillespie
Music: Stanley Myers
Cinematography: Oliver Stapleton
Runtime: 100 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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