Film Statistics

The first film I have looked at is East is East as this shows the Asian culture which has become more western but the father makes them remain in their culture i.e. weddings, mosques, praying, etc. Their mother who is white British tries to follow their religion as best she can. However, in the clip below it shows the eldest children having bacon and sausages while she and the father have gone to pick the youngest son up from the hospital. Luckily, there's a knock at the door and when the girl answers it she spots her mother and father are walking towards her at the bottom of the street. She slams the door and runs in yelling about them being down the street and they all rush to hide the food and when their mother walks into their living room she knows they've been eating bacon and sausage but just tells the father to put in in the other room while she gets the bedding this is so he doesn't smell the forbidden food, then she tells the girl to "HIDE THAT", which was something she was using to get rid of the food smell. This links in with our opening sequence because Caneze Riaz was happy for her daughters and son to have a western lifestyle but to remain with their culture, whereas the father wanted them to remain in the culture with no relation to the "WESTERN" lifestyle at all. And what "WESTERN" lifestyle they had been introduced to by their mother and friends was making them want to be more involved with the "WESTERN" lifestyle, i.e the eldest wanted to study at college and later become a fashion designer, but unfortunately never got that chance. All this was because of the father...

The clip below is about an arranged marriage, the mother is quite happy for this to happen, however their was an accident with an art sculpture done by one of the elder sons (the art sculpture is shown at the end of the clip). This results in the mother of the other family insulting them for their behaviour and the way they are as a family unit. The mother of the family doesn't take so kindly to the other families remarks and tells them to get out of her house and take "Laurel and Hardy" (the two daughters involved in the arranged marriage). The father from the other family say's to the father of the children and husband of the blazing mother that he has "brought shame on his family". When the family....