BRICK LANE

Director: Sarah Gavron

Language: English / Bengali

Courtesy: Netflix
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Synopsis: Based on a novel by Monica Ali, Brick Lane is a street at the heart of London's Bangladeshi community. Set in the 1980s, this cross-cultural drama follows young 17 year old Nazneem (Tannishtha Chatterjee), a Bangladeshi woman who's immigrated to London for an arranged marriage to a middle-aged man, leaving her beloved family, including her sister Hasina, behind. While Hasina leads a life of adventure back home, Nazneem struggles to accept the isolation and unhappiness in her new life, until an unexpected visitor comes along and changes everything.