''Sammy and Rosie Get Laid'' is a 1987 British film directed by

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, with a screenplay by

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Plot

Sammy (

Ayub Khan-Din Ayub Khan Din (born 1961) is a British Pakistani actor who played Sammy in Hanif Kureishi's film ''Sammy and Rosie Get Laid'' in (1987) and wrote the BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA, British Independent Film Awards, BIFA and London Film Critics ...

) and Rosie (

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) are a married couple, both leading a promiscuous

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lifestyle until Sammy's father (

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) comes to visit to escape past issues.

Cast

as Rafi *

as Rosie *

Claire Bloom Claire Bloom (born Patricia Claire Blume; 15 February 1931) is an English actress. She is known for leading roles in plays such as ''A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams that was ...

as Alice *

as Sammy *

Roland Gift Roland Lee Gift (born 28 May 1961) is a British singer, songwriter and actor. He is the former singer/frontman of the pop band Fine Young Cannibals. Early life Gift was born on 28 May 1961 in Sparkhill in the city of Birmingham, then in Warwicks ...

as Danny *

Meera Syal Meera Syal FRSL (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is a British comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created ''Goodness Gracious Me (TV & radio), Goodness Gracious Me'' and ...

as Ranii *

Lesley Manville Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress. She is known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He stu ...

as Margy

References

External links

* * * Films directed by Stephen Frears Films with screenplays by Hanif Kureishi 1987 films 1987 comedy films

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