BRICK LANE

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GB
2007
1hr 42mins
Dir: Sarah Gavron
Starring: Tannishtha Chatterjee and Satish Kaushik

Events in the life of a Bangladeshi woman living in East London

This drama is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Monica Ali and includes a night-time scene filmed on the deserted platforms of London Liverpool Street station with no trains visible. As an interesting footnote, in another scene during the film, the 1945 classic Brief Encounter is being watched on the TV in the family flat!

The upper concourse level of London Liverpool Street in the dead of night.
A completely deserted Liverpool Street sees Tannishtha Chatterjee running down the platform after her daughter