My Son the Fanatic (1997)

Directors

Udayan Prasad

Cast

Om Puri, Akbar Kurtha, Rachel Griffiths, Stellan Skarsgård, Gopi Desai, Harish Patel, Sarah-Jane Potts, Judi Jones, Geoffrey Bateman, Omar Salimi, Bhasker Patel, Rez Kempton, Rowena King, Shiv Grewal, Andy Devine

The story

The plot of the film revolves around Parvez, a Pakistani-born taxi driver and a tolerant, secular Muslim. His life takes an unexpected dark turn when his son Farid converts to fundamentalist Islam, leading to a family breakdown and social conflict. According to Rachel Donadio, The New York Times writer and editor, the film's theme is encapsulated in a pivotal scene: One of the most revealing insights into Britain's recent social history comes early in My Son the Fanatic, Hanif Kureishi's tender and darkly prescient 1997 film.

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