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My Son the Fanatic ()


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Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.

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Parvez
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Bettina / Sandra
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Farid
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Schitz
Gopi Desai ...
Minoo
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Fizzy
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Madeline Fingerhut (as Sarah Jane Potts)
Judi Jones ...
Mrs. Fingerhut
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Chief Inspector Fingerhut
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Drunk man
Moya Brady ...
Druggy prostitute
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Man in mosque
Andy Devine ...
Comedian
Shiv Grewal ...
Waiter
Marc Anwar ...
Rashid (as Omar Salimi)
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Maulvi
Dev Sagoo ...
Taxi controller
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Margot
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Prostitute
Alison Burrows ...
Prostitute
Parvez Qadir ...
Acolyte
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Acolyte
Balraj Singh Somal ...
Driver
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Zaf

Directed by

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Udayan Prasad

Written by

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Hanif Kureishi ... (short story)
 
Hanif Kureishi ... (written by)

Produced by

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Chris Curling ... producer
George Faber ... executive producer
Anita Overland ... line producer

Music by

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Stephen Warbeck

Cinematography by

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Alan Almond ... director of photography

Editing by

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David Gamble

Editorial Department

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Kate Buckland ... first assistant editor
Colin Coull ... grader
Sylvia Wheeler ... negative cutter

Casting By

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Simone Pereira Hind ... (as Simone Ireland)
Vanessa Pereira

Production Design by

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Grenville Horner

Art Direction by

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Colin Blaymires
Sarah Kane

Costume Design by

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Mary-Jane Reyner

Makeup Department

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Marese Langan ... hair assistant (as Marise Langan) / makeup artist (as Marise Langan)
Claire Smith ... hair assistant / makeup artist
Penny Smith ... makeup designer

Production Management

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Alistair Hopkins ... post-production supervisor
Phil Robertson ... production manager (as Philip Robertson)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Michael Elliott ... second assistant director (as Mike Elliott)
Nick Laws ... first assistant director
John Withers ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Antonia Birk ... art department assistant
Katie Greenhalf ... art department
Andy Ludford ... props master
Les Pullan ... carpenter (as Les Pullen)
Adrian Pullen ... painter
Brian Sayce ... dressing props
Dominic Smithers ... production buyer
Kevin Waite ... construction manager
Ross Wilson ... stand-by props

Sound Department

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Nick Adams ... supervising sound editor
Albert Bailey ... sound recordist
Gordon Brown ... adr editor
Anne Dodsworth ... sound maintenance
Tim Hands ... dialogue editor
Dick Philip ... boom operator
Imogen Pollard ... foley editor
Adrian Rhodes ... re-recording mixer
Sam Southwick ... sound effects editor
Paul Wrightson ... assistant sound editor

Special Effects by

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Steve Breheney ... special effects
Dougie Robson ... special effects
Ian Rowley ... special effects

Stunts

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Clive Curtis ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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John Bremer ... focus puller
Richard Davies ... grip
Harry Herrington ... stand-by rigger
Steve Langley ... best boy
Geoff Lathom ... generator operator
Damon Randall ... camera trainee
Peter Rooney ... electrician
Joth Shakerley ... still photographer
Camillo Spath ... focus puller: second unit
Alan Stoyles ... stand-by rigger
Steven Swannell ... gaffer (as Steve Swannell)

Casting Department

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Aisha Wazir ... crowd casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Graham Meethoo ... wardrobe assistant
Sandra Milman ... costume supervisor
Micky Webb ... wardrobe truck (as Mickey Webb)

Location Management

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Carn Burton ... location assistant
Michael Harm ... location liaison
Mark Stephenson ... location manager
Sam Taylor ... assistant location manager

Music Department

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Iain Ballamy ... musician
B.K. Chandrashekhar ... musician
Paul Clarvis ... musician
Charlie Gillett ... music consultant
Isobel Griffiths ... orchestral contractor
Stuart Hall ... musician
Rowland Lee ... composer: cartoon music on TV in background
Steve Parr ... music mixer / music recordist
John Parricelli ... musician
Martin Robertson ... musician
Ralph Salmins ... musician
Huw Warren ... musician

Script and Continuity Department

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Anna Price ... script editor
Emma Thomas ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Frank B. Craven ... transportation captain
Darren Nye ... wardrobe driver

Additional Crew

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Jo Barker ... production secretary
Pippa Best ... assistant to producer
Julian Dowson ... floor runner
Geraldine East ... legal services: Marriot Harrison
Hilary Foster ... floor runner
Jim Hajicosta ... production accountant
Ann Lynch ... production coordinator
Undine Marshfield ... unit publicist
Clive Noy ... low loader operator
Behzad Oliadonighi ... floor runner
Clive Osborne ... accounting assistant
Mohsan Qureshi ... floor runner (as Mohsan A. Qureshi)
Yaseen Rahman ... researcher
Suk Sahota ... production runner
Andy Stebbing ... production assistant
Jeremy Tattershall ... floor runner
Melissa Traub ... floor runner
Mariam Vossough ... trainee: FT2
Joan Washington ... dialogue coach
Ian Wilson ... conforming assistant
Jennifer Woods ... floor runner (as Jen Woods)

Thanks

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Mark Dunford ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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Also Known As
  • Mio figlio il fanatico (Italy)
  • Meu Filho, o Fanático (Brazil)
  • O Meu Filho Fanático (Portugal)
  • Mon fils est fanatique (Canada, French title)
  • Gyilkosságra nevelve (Hungary)
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  • 87 min
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Did You Know?

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Movie Connections Featured in Wild Wild West/Buena Vista Social Club/My Son the Fanatic/South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut/The King of Masks (1999). See more »
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Quotes [first lines]
Mrs. Fingerhut: [putting away photo album] Madeline was a delightful girl. She still is, of course.
Parvez: And a little bit plumpish at times. As you said, twice.
Minoo: [misunderstanding] Rice is very good. For reducing diet.
Parvez: Cricket is excellent. Farid was captain. Mrs. Fingerhut - Hilda - this boy of ours, I can assure you he's all-around type, going whole hog. But not on the field. At school he carried the prizes home. Now is college he's top student of year.
Parvez: Oh, it's not difficult.
[smirks]
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