剧情介绍
亚洲移民帕维兹已经在英国度过了25个年头，他是个保守的出租司机，和顺从的妻子及十几岁的儿子过着平淡的生活。然而当帕维兹邂逅当地的一个妓女贝蒂娜并疯狂爱上她时，他原来平静、稳定的生活都改变了。同时，一个德国商人来到这儿教唆他过自由自在的生活。于是，他骨子里的那种传统、正派的生活方式与西方的自由快乐的生活方式发生冲突……
Parvez was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and as a child was asked to study the Holy scriptures through a Maulvi. When the Maulvi started his sermon, Parvez would fall asleep, this lead to the Maulvi devising a unique punishment, which ultimately compelled Parvez to stop attending. When he grew up, his marriage was arranged with Minoo and they immigrated to a small town in Britain, where Parvez started to make a living driving a taxi, and found himself free from all religious activity. 25 years later, Parvez is an alcoholic, still driving a cab, while people who had immigrated after him have their own businesses and are wealthier. Parvez now has a grown son, Farid, who is the apple of his eye, and is to be engaged to Madeleine Fingerhut, who is the daughter of the local Chief Inspector. After the two families' meet, Farid has a sudden change of heart when he notices that the Chief Inspector detests his family, and it slowly dawns on him that he and his girlfriend are quite different, and he cannot be part of a culture that relies solely on filth, porn, is soaked in sex, along with a mix of Caucasian (white) and Jewish propaganda against Islam. He starts reciting the Holy Quran, and asks permission from his dad to invite some religious leaders from Pakistan, after receiving consent, they do arrive to live in Parvez's home. It is here that Parvez will find that Farid has broken off the forthcoming engagement with Ms. Fingerhut, and has become a born again Muslim. His wife, Minoo, has taken to wearing the Hizaab, remains in the kitchen all day, and is not even permitted to sup or dine with her family, while Parvez finds that he cannot even sleep in his bedroom. Things start to heat up when Farid finds out that his dad has been patronizing a prostitute by the name of Beltina, whose real name is Sandra, and he also notes that his dad is her pimp. Then he and his colleagues set about to cleanse this town of its prostitutes - leading to a confrontation between him and his dad - a confrontation that may well split this family forever.
这种保守的大龄亚裔移民变得享乐放纵的故事真是和《睡遍伦敦》大同小异了，有趣的点在于这部中亚裔的导师除了特定的英伦语境以外还有欧陆外来者。库雷西是一个非常擅长写心理变化的编剧，同时其二代移民的身份对于他在完成八九十年代的英国社会的捕捉与展现上带来了十分有趣的“自我降低”与“精英视角”的融合，从而导致他的电影永远会让人感觉过分沉溺于徘徊的心境与场景。