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Director:
Stephen Frears
Writer:
Hanif Kureishi (writer)
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Release Date:
30 October 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
As London burns...
Plot:
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Story of What Love Really Entails more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Shashi Kapoor ... Rafi Rahman
Frances Barber ... Rosie Hobbs
Claire Bloom ... Alice
Ayub Khan-Din ... Sammy
Roland Gift ... Danny / Victoria
Wendy Gazelle ... Anna
Suzette Llewellyn ... Vivia
Meera Syal ... Rani
Badi Uzzaman ... Ghost
Tessa Wojtczak ... Bridget
Emer Gillespie ... Eva
Lesley Manville ... Margy
Mark Sproston ... Young Policeman
Cynthia Powell ... Woman in Kitchen
Dennis Conlon ... Asian Shopkeeper
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sammy and Rosie (Canada: English title)
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Runtime:
Germany:101 min | USA:100 min | Argentina:101 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
During its initial release, many American newspapers would not run ads with the full title. Ads would show "Sammy and Rosie" printed at the top of a poster, with the bottom part shredded up. more
Soundtrack:
The Jack That House Built more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Story of What Love Really Entails, 3 February 2005
9/10
Author: gab-real from United States

I was turned onto this movie having loved this directors previous film "My Beautiful Lundrette" and this became no exception to S.Fears wonderful ability to create a surreal social climate around the films primary characters.

Sammy is the two timing adulterous husband and Rosie is the cheating wife. They both know of the others affair's yet still can't seem to break off their marriage (a prime example of loving someone but not being in-love) of the two, Sammy wants most for them to "Love each other a Little more" as he state after finding out she recently slept with some guy who mysteriously shows up at his house after saving his father from the middle of a riot.

Oh, the father is also an intricate part of the story. the father(Rafi) comes into S&R life on a whim, stating that "I have some past issues that I need to get away from". Wanting only to rekindle some kind of relationship with is estranged son, Rafi couldn't have come at a worse time. Amidst, a social revolt, a descending marriage and a past that haunts him in the form of a dead worker, that through Rafi's actions had a hand in killing. He becomes vital in the end of the movie (that I won't spoil) and teaches S&R that amongst all the problems they face, it's never to late to try to change and find the true meaning of love.

A great film filled with great dialog and engaging characters

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