The film "East is East" deals with the conflict between traditions and a more modern British lifestyle through the story of a Pakistani family living in 1970s England. George Khan owns a chip shop and has six sons and one daughter with his British wife. He insists the children follow Muslim traditions and practices, including arranged marriages. However, the children see themselves as British and reject their father's rules. When the eldest son runs away and the next two rebel against their arranged marriages, the family is forced to reconsider how to balance their Pakistani traditions with modern British life. The film examines the clash between cultures and generations in an immigrant family.

1. Worksheet
Fill in the gaps with words from the box to complete this summary of East is East.
wedding conflict kids daughter melting traditions British chip religion
Pakistani generations arranged clash living ethnic runs away
"East is East" was written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed by
Damien O'Donnell, and deals with the erosion of religious
(1)_____________and the gap between (2)_______________
by balancing drama with comedy.
In the early 1970's a (3)________________father, George
Khan owns a (4)__________________ shop in England and
has a huge mixed-ethnicity family consisting of six sons, one
(5)________________ and a (6)_______________ wife.The
seven (7)________________ all look Indian and sound British.
They see themselves as British and increasingly reject their
father's rules on dress, food, religion and (8) __________________ in general. George insists
on their following the Muslim (9)________________ and arranged marriages to spouses not
seen until the (10) ________________ day.
When the eldest son (11)_______________ from home and the next two sons rebel against
their (12)__________________ marriages, the family is forced to reconsider their family
structure.
"East is East" has some funny moments and asks its audience to reflect on the
(13)________________ pot mentality that's so prevalent in the western world. It gives an
insight into the integration of (14)________________ minority groups into working class
groups in the 1970's, the (15) _________________ between British and Asian cultural
values and deals with the (16) ______________ that children have with a parent who is
trying to keep his culture and tradition alive.
"East is East" stays true to the contradictions and intrincacies that exist in all families as its
characters are not good nor evil, just believably human.