Algoma International Film Association

Reviews:
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: “Director Sarah Gavron's quietly observant and quite beautiful adaptation of the Monica Ali novel, as Nazneen, now 33, a wife and mother, is still struggling to fit in, trying to find her place in the world.”

Duane Dudek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Brick Lane, by director Sarah Gavron and Angela's Ashes screenwriter Laura Jones, is, like Mira Nair's film The Namesake, a heartfelt portrait of the new immigrant experience.”

Official web site :http://www.sonyclassics.com/bricklane/
IMDB :http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0940585/

Brick Lane

Year: 2007
Country: UK
Director: Sarah Gavron
Leads: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 102 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Language: English

A beautiful young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneen is forced to leave behind her beloved sister and home for an arranged marriage and a new life in England at the age of seventeen. She struggles to make sense of her existence and to do her duty to her much-older husband Chanu – until the day that Karim arrives. Against a background of escalating racial tension, the two embark on an affair that finally forces Nazneen to take control of her own life. Set in multicultural Britain, director Sarah Gavron balances intimate moments against the increasingly tense atmosphere as the tightly knit Muslim community reacts to the events and aftermath of September 11, 2001. Told with compassion, detail and fire, Brick Lane is a truly contemporary story of love, cultural difference, and ultimately, the strength of the human spirit.