The Buddha of Suburbia (2 discs)
1993, 215 minutes, Rated MA
Karim, a half-Asian, half-English teenager from the 1970s London suburbs is mortified when his civil servant father plunges into an affair with the exotic Eva and begins passing himself off as a spiritual guru. But. swept along into a different world Karim's eyes are opened to a whole new life of drugs, experimental theatre, punk rock, fancy parties. and till the sex a young man could desire.
Much of Karim's story is about a personal journey to establish his identity as he seeks to escape his suburban origins. He negotiates adolescence, dysfunctional families, relationships and his own sexuality, all set to a 1970s backdrop of politics, fashion, music, drugs, morality and race. The BAFTA winning The Buddha of Suburbia is a hilarious. scandalous and provocative coming-of-age drama, which provoked controversy and moral furore when first screened on British TV in 1993.
- Director:
- Roger Michell [8],
- Starring:
- Naveen Andrews [50],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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