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| Director: | Ken Loach | 
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| Writer: | Paul Laverty | 
| Staring: | 
| A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 13, 2004 | 
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| Director: | Ken Loach | 
| Writer: | Paul Laverty | 
| Genres: | Drama, Romance | 
| Keywords | muslim, glasgow, scotland, tradition, immigration, love of one's life, music teacher, arranged marriage, big family, inter religion relationship, british asian | 
| Production Companies | Matador Pictures, Tornasol Media, EMC, Sixteen Films, Bianca Film | 
| Box Office | 
              
                Revenue: $30,148
                Budget: $0  | 
      
| Updates | 
          Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024  | 
      
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Atta Yaqub | Casim Khan | 
| Eva Birthistle | Roisin Hanlon | 
| Shamshad Akhtar | Sadia Khan | 
| Ghizala Avan | Rukhsana Khan | 
| Shabana Akhtar Bakhsh | Tahara Khan | 
| Ahmad Riaz | Tariq Khan | 
| Shy Ramsan | Hamid | 
| Gerard Kelly | Parish Priest | 
| Gary Lewis | Danny | 
| David McKay | Wee Roddie | 
| Raymond Mearns | Big Roddie | 
| Emma Friel | Annie | 
| Karen Fraser | Elsie | 
| John Yule | Headmaster | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Ken Loach | Director | 
| Paul Laverty | Screenplay | 
| George Fenton | Original Music Composer | 
| Barry Ackroyd | Director of Photography | 
| Martin Johnson | Production Design | 
| Jonathan Morris | Editor | 
| Kahleen Crawford | Researcher, Casting | 
| Ray Beckett | Sound Recordist | 
| David Gilchrist | First Assistant Director | 
| Carole K. Millar | Costume Designer | 
| Peter Gallagher | Line Producer | 
| Joss Barratt | Still Photographer | 
| Anna Benbow | Clapper Loader | 
| Luiso Garcia-Ferrer | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Carl Hudson | Focus Puller | 
| Julia Robinson | Clapper Loader | 
| Fergus Clegg | Art Direction | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Nigel Thomas | Co-Executive Producer | 
| Ulrich Felsberg | Executive Producer | 
| Rebecca O'Brien | Producer | 
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 
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| 2025 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
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| 2025 | 1 | 496 | 723 |