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8:00 AM
My Beautiful Laundrette
Queer love, politics and ambition collide in Thatcher’s London.
Arc Cinema
7:00PM
$18 Full / $15 Concession (+ $1.50 booking fee)
19 March, 2026
My Beautiful Laundrette 19 March, 2026
1985 | DCP | UK | D: Stephen Frears
Set against the social tensions of ‘80s Britain, My Beautiful Laundrette follows the relationship between Omar, a young British Pakistani man (Gordon Warnecke) and Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis).
At the start of their relationship the two renovate and then run a laundrette. The film paints an intimate yet sharply political portrait of modern Britain as personal desires intersect with racial conflict, class mobility and family pressure.
Originally a low budget film shot on 16mm for Channel 4 it helped launch the career of Day-Lewis and features a soundtrack produced by Stanley Myers and Hans Zimmer. Witty, tender and confrontational, it remains a landmark of queer and multicultural cinema.
‘The film’s brilliance lies in its refusal to simplify — it allows love, greed, tenderness and political anger to coexist, making its characters feel alive rather than symbolic.’ - Derek Malcolm, The Guardian
Arc Cinema
We are situated in the heart of Canberra on McCoy Circuit, Acton, between the shores of Lake Burley Griffin and the grounds of the Australian National University. Just a 10-minute walk from the city and state bus interchanges.
1 McCoy Circuit, Acton, ACT 2601
Film Details
Year
1985
Details
DCP 97 mins M
Director
Stephen Frears
Countries
UK
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