Brick Lane
بريك لين
Sarah Gavron's adaptation of Monica Ali's novel about a Bangladeshi Muslim wife in London's Brick Lane torn between duty and desire; filming drew community objections.
At a glance
- Identifiers
- Wikidataimdbelcinema
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
WomenMuslim minorities under non-Muslim ruleRefugees, migrants and diasporaFamily, marriage and kinship
Screening Room
- Format
- Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
- Released
- 2007 CE · 1428 AH†
- Countries
- GB
- Languages
- en (original) · bn (original)
- Approach
- drama of Muslim life
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- Brick Laneبريك لين
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
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Connections
- Features
- Tannishtha Chatterjee· Satish Kaushik· Bernard Holley· Christopher Simpson
- Directed by
- Sarah Gavron
- Written by
- Monica Ali
People and things also explored
Not Without My Daughter· Mo· The Arabs and their peoples before Islam· Jāhilī Marriage Forms· The social condition of the Arabs before Islam· Waʾd (Infant Burial)· The marriage of Fatima and Ali· The Prophet's marriage to Khadija
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
- elCinema
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Brick Lane”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/brick-lane-2007/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.