"Actor: Badi Uzzaman"

• My Son The Fanatic | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Farid (Akbar Kurtha) is a seething and disillusioned twenty-something Asian man living in northern England. Looking for inspiration after a disastrous falling out with his white fiancee's family he turns to religion. His father Parvez (Om Puri) a good-natured taxi driver is becoming increasingly estranged from his wife Minoo (Gopi Desai) and finds affection with the local prostitute Bettina (Rachel Griffiths). Islamic fundamentalism is caught head on with western hedonism over the kitchen table of this Asian family as father and son realise the extremity of their differences. Farid and his fanatical friends begin an aggressive campaign to rid the streets of prostitutes just as Parvez realises he could be falling in love with Bettina. Meanwhile visiting German businessman Schitz (Stellan Skarsgard) has his own plans for the girl and her colleagues in his search for pleasure. My Son The Fanatic is a heartwarming story of love against the odds set against a comic clash of generations and culture.