Anita and Me

EN

Comedy, Drama, Family

Nov, 2002

93 mins

5.9

Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

6.0

September 02, 2023

This is one of these gentle, tender, coming-of-age movies that raises the odd smile but is really pretty unremarkable. I can't speculate as to the degree in which it is semi-autobiographical of writer Meera Syal's own upbringing; but it centres around the story of a young British Asian girl "Meena" (Chandeep Uppal) whose family live in a ...

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Meera Syal on Anita And Me, decolonizing the curriculum and American acting opportunities | BAFTA
Jun 08, 2024

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Jun 21, 2012

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