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Ae Fond Kiss...

Ae Fond Kiss...

Drama · Romance · 2004

A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.

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Ae Fond Kiss...

2004 Drama · Romance 1h 44m

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6.5 / 10

Community rating

A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ken Loach

Written by

Paul Laverty

Atta Yaqub

Atta Yaqub

Casim Khan

Eva Birthistle

Eva Birthistle

Roisin Hanlon

S

Shamshad Akhtar

Sadia Khan

Ghizala Avan

Ghizala Avan

Rukhsana Khan

Shabana Akhtar Bakhsh

Shabana Akhtar Bakhsh

Tahara Khan

A

Ahmad Riaz

Tariq Khan

S

Shy Ramsan

Hamid

Court is in session

Put Ae Fond Kiss... on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.