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Directed Gurinder Chadha's cross-cultural dramedy is an adaptation of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor's 2007 memoir "Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N' Roll." A second-generation British-Pakistani teenager comes of age in a small town during the Thatcher era, rebelling against parental and cultural expectations with the help of Bruce Springsteen's music.
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Blinded by the Light (2019)
117 min
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.