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Blinded by the Light
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
2019 · Directed by Gurinder Chadha · 117 min · Drama · Comedy · 13 frames
Tagline
For anyone who has ever wanted to dream. You're not alone.
Crew
- Written by: Sarfraz Manzoor, Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges
- Cinematography: Ben Smithard
- Edited by: Justin Krish
- Music: A.R. Rahman
- Production design: Nick Ellis
- Produced by: Jane Barclay, Jamal Daniel, Gurinder Chadha
Cast
- Viveik Kalra as Javed
- Nell Williams as Eliza
- Hayley Atwell as Ms Clay
- Kulvinder Ghir as Malik
- Aaron Phagura as Roops
- Dean-Charles Chapman as Matt
- Meera Ganatra as Noor
- Nikita Mehta as Shazia
- Tara Divina as Yasmeen
- Rob Brydon as Matt's Dad
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Bend It Films, Ingenious Media, Levantine Films, Rakija Films
- Budget: $8,300,000
- Box office: $18,144,644
- Themes: based on true story, coming of age, woman director, 1980s, british asian, teenager
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