★★★★★ – The Times. Omar, a young Pakistani man, is reunited with his former lover Johnny (Day-Lewis) and together they attempt to turn around a laundrette business owned by Omar’s uncle.

"★★★★★ – Four decades on, the jewel still glistens" – The Times

★★★★★ – Guardian

★★★★★ – Radio Times

Screening over Leicester Pride weekend, Stephen Frears’ landmark films is set against the backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain, where British-Pakistani Omar finds new love with his childhood friend Johnny, a white street punk with a troubled past. Together they launch a fancy laundrette, but must contend with pressure from family, community prejudice and rising racial tensions.

A fun, sexy and compassionate romance radically rooted in social realism, now presented in a stunning new restoration for its 40th anniversary.