Blinded by the Light (2019)
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Genres - Drama, Comedy, Musical |
Sub-Genres - Coming-of-Age, Period Film |
Release Date - Aug 14, 2019 (USA) |
Run Time - 118 min. |
Countries - France, United Kingdom, United States |
MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Augustine Chay
Directed Gurinder Chadha’s cross-cultural dramedy is an adaptation of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor’s 2007 memoir “Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N’ Roll.” A second-generation British-Pakistani teenager comes of age in a small town during the Thatcher era, rebelling against parental and cultural expectations with the help of Bruce Springsteen’s music.
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family-disapproval, high-school, poet, rock-music, self-discovery, teenagers
