Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.
Social & External
The people behind it
Om Puri
Parvez
Rachel Griffiths
Bettina / Sandra
Akbar Kurtha
Farid
Stellan Skarsgård
Schitz
Sarah-Jane Potts
Madeline Fingerhut
Gopi Desai
Minoo
Harish Patel
Fizzy
Geoffrey Bateman
Chief Inspector Fingerhut
Moya Brady
Druggy Prostitute
Bernard Wrigley
Drunk Man
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