Title Brick lane / a Sony Pictures Classics release, Film4, Ingenious Film Partners and the UK Film Council present a Ruby Films production ; produced by Alison Owen & Chris Collins ; screenplay by Abi Morgan & Laura Jones ; directed by Sarah Gavron.

Publication Info.	Culver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2009.
	2007.

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Description	1 videodisc (approximately 102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Cast	Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson.
Credits	Director of photography, Robbie Ryan ; editor, Melanie Oliver ; music, Jocelyn Pook.
Note	Based on the novel by Monica Ali.
	Special features: Commentary with director Sarah Gavron and actress Tannishtha Chatterjee; Interview with Sarah Gavron; Deleted scenes; Interview with Tannishtha Chatterjee and Christopher Sampson; Exploring 'Brick Lane' featurette; Interview with Satish Koushik; Scene specific commentaries.
Audience	MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexuality and brief strong language.
Summary	Nazneen is a young Bangladeshi woman who arrives in London during the 1980s. She leaves behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. In a loveless marriage to the middle aged Chanu, she feels trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London. She begins to fear that her soul is quietly dying. Meanwhile, her sister Hasina, continues to live a carefree life back in Bangladesh. Nazneen struggles to accept her lifestyle and tries to keep her head down in spite of life's blows. She soon discovers that life cannot be avoided and she is forced to confront life the day that the hotheaded young Karim comes knocking at her door.
Language	English dialogue with optional French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Arranged marriage -- England -- London -- Drama.
	Women -- Bangladesh -- Social conditions -- Drama.
	Married women -- England -- London -- Drama.
	Man-woman relationships -- England -- London -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Melodrama.
	Feature films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Gavron, Sarah.
	Owen, Alison, 1961-
	Collins, Chris.
	Morgan, Abi.
	Jones, Laura, 1951-
	Chatterjee, Tannishtha.
	Kaushik, Satish.
	Simpson, Christopher, 1975-
	Ali, Monica, 1967- Brick lane.
	Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
	FilmFour (Firm)
	Ingenious Film Partners (Firm)
	UK Film Council.
	Ruby Films (Firm)
	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN	1435918436
	9781435918436
Standard No.	043396261716
Music No.	26171 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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