Movie

Just a Kiss

2003
identifier
MOVI-1436
workPresented
Nome
Just a Kiss
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originalName
Ae Fond Kiss
Director
Ken LoachPerson
countryOfOrigin
description
Casim Khan is a successful DJ, who hosts some of the liveliest parties in Glasgow and dreams of buying his own club. His parents are Pakistani and fervent Muslims. As a means to keep their customs and traditions intact, they plan their son’ marriage to a cousin who is about to arrive in Scotland. Opposing his parents‚Äô plans, Casim falls in love with a young European Catholic girl, Roisim, a teacher at the school where his sister, Tahara, studies. As their relationship becomes known, it turns into a scandal and a true clash of personalities and cultures erupts in their communities.
Casim Khan é um DJ de sucesso, que anima as festas mais animadas de Glasgow e sonha comprar sua própria casa noturna. Seus pais, paquistaneses e muçulmanos devotos, planejam o casamento do filho com uma prima que está para chegar à Escócia, mantendo, assim, intactas os costumes e a tradição. Contrariando os planos, Casim apaixona-se por uma jovem européia e católica, Roisim, professora na escola de sua irmã, Tahara. Assim que o namoro se torna público, o assunto vira escândalo, dando margem ao choque de culturas e personalidades em ambas comunidades.
duration
103
color
Screenplay
Paul Laverty
Photography
Barry Ackroyd
Casting
Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Shamshad Akhatar, Ghizala Avan, Gerard Kelly
Producer
Rebecca O’Brien, Ulrich Felsberg
2003