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Brothers in Trouble

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Amir is an illegal Pakistani immigrant smuggled into England in the 1960's to work, to send money to his family and perhaps even bring them over with him. A skilled laborer, he is forced to do unskilled work like shoveling sheep dung and processing wool. He lives in a boarding house with nearly a dozen other men, under the supervision of Hussein Shah. He befriends a young student, Sakib, who dreams of being a writer. Their existence is punctuated by secret movies, a visiting prostitute, fear of detection and deportation, and the gangster-like smuggler who comes by for his take every week. The household is shaken up by the arrival of a white girl, Shah's girlfriend, and the sense of femininity and family she brings.

Cast & crew

Ace Bhatti · Angeline Ball · Badi Uzzaman · Bhasker Patel · Harmage Singh Kalirai · Kumall Grewal · Marc Anwar · Om Puri · Pavan Malhotra · Pravesh Kumar · Udayan Prasad · Robert Buckler

Studios & networks

BBC Film · Renegade Films