Rent Ae Fond Kiss (2004)
3.5 of 5 from 113 ratings
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
Casim (Atta Yaqub) is a second generation Pakistani from Glasgow. Working as a DJ in Glasgow's coolest venues, Casim dreams of buying his own club. His parents Tariq (Ahmad Riaz) and Sadia (Shamshad Akhtar) are devout Muslims and plan for him to marry his beautiful cousin Jasmine (Sunna Mirza), who is soon to arrive in the UK. Plans go awry when Casim meets Roisin (Eva Birthistle). A teacher at his sister Tahara's school, Roisin is different from any girl he's ever met. She's gorgeous, intelligent and definitely possesses a mind of her own. She and Casim soon fall deeply in love. But Casim knows all too well that, even if he wasn't due to marry, his parents would never accept a 'goree' - a white girl. As a Catholic, Roisin finds that her own community isn't very supportive either. When their relationship is discovered, the repercussions of the scandal reach far and wide and sparks fly as cultures clash and personalities collide. - Actors:
- Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Ahmad Riaz, Shamshad Akhtar, Shabana Akhtar Bakhsh, Ghizala Avan, David McKay, Raymond Mearns, Gary Lewis, Shy Ramzan, Emma Friel, Karen Fraser, John Yule, Ruth McGhie, david Wallace, Dougie Wallace, Jacqueline Bett, Pasha Bocarie, Foqia Hayee, Abdul Hayee
- Directors:
- Ken Loach
- Producers:
- Rebecca O'Brien
- Writers:
- Paul Laverty
- Aka:
- A Fond Kiss
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Top 10 Golden Bear Winners
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Reviews (1) of Ae Fond Kiss
melodramatic - Ae Fond Kiss review by AER
I've never seen a bad Ken Loach film before; I've seen boring Ken Loach films but never a bad one, that is until today. This culture clash love affair contains a great performance by Eva Birthistle but sadly its stranded in a film full of melodramatic twists and turns. It's about as subtle as a brick and the story fails to convince not because of how the families react to the relationship between and an Irish Catholic and a Glaswegian Muslim but how the pair react to eachother. They characters aren't developed enough for my liking, all they do is argue about religion and they don't even seem to like one another all that much. It fails to sell that the central couple are in love. So everything else falls down around it. Disappointing because this tale has been told with more conviction and cohesion elsewhere.
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