My Beautiful Laundrette Page #4

Angela, be reasonable.

You can always

buy some new ones, can't you?

Good. It's Tania.

I've never met her,

but she has a beautiful face.

Who invited Tania, damn it?

I did, Uncle.

Do you two know each other?

At last. After so long in my family's life.

Bring Tania over here.

Tania, I do feel that I know you.

But you don't.

Marry her. What's wrong with her?

When I say marry her, you damn well do it.

I don't mind my father having a mistress.

Good. I'm so grateful.

I don't mind my father

spending our money on you...

Why don't you mind?

Please be nice to her.

Pressure off my f***ing head.

...or my father being with you,

instead of with our mother.

Your penis works, doesn't it?

But I don't like women who live off men.

Get going.

That's a pretty disgusting,

parasitical thing, isn't it?

Tania, come and look at the spin dryers.

They're fluff drying.

But tell me, who do you live off?

And you must understand...

we're of different generations...

different classes.

Everything is waiting for you.

The only thing that has ever waited for me...

is your father.

We'd better get going. See you, boys.

No, I am not drunk, Angela.

I told you, I'm not gonna see her again.

How could I?

I didn't ask her to come, Rachel.

Please...

I'll explain to you.

Darling, listen.

Please listen to me.

It's not my fault, I didn't ask her to come.

Didn't you, then? Who did?

- The boys!

- That's what you say.

You made me look stupid.

Can we go to the club or something,

for God's sake?

No! I'm not going anywhere with you.

Please.

- Goodbye, Omar.

- Bye-bye.

I want to leave home.

I need to break away.

You'll have to help me, financially.

As well as everything else,

why don't you go to the Palace no more?

Palace ain't my team.

Millwall me.

I'm drunk.

- Will you marry me?

- What about England?

I bet you don't even support

England anymore, do you?

- Palace gave you a trial, didn't they?

- Yeah.

Told my mom

Palace wanted me for a sweeper.

She said, "I reckon that's about your level."

If you can get me some money.

Omo's getting married.

I'm afraid you owe me

an awful lot of money.

The beard, remember?

Good, it's all coming back.

I think I better have that money back.

- I haven't got money like that now.

- Because it's all in the laundrette.

I'd better have

a decent down payment, then.

About half.

By the time Nasser

has his annual party, say?

Or I'll instruct him

to get rid of the laundrette.

It took you a while to get on to us.

Wanted to see what you'd do.

How's your Papa?

So many books written and read.

Politicians sought him out.

Bhutto was his close friend.

But we're nothing in England

without money.

I told you already.

Come on, Angela.

That's stupid.

Of course I won't.

Of course not.

Who told you that, anyway?

Didn't I tell you?

Didn't I tell you about that noise last night?

Where did you go? You just disappeared.

Drinking, I went. With my old mates.

It ain't illegal.

Of course it is.

Laundrettes are a big commitment.

Why aren't you at work?

Lt'll be closing time soon.

You'll be locking the place up,

and coming to bed.

No, it never closes.

One of us has got to be there.

That way, we begin to make money.

- You're getting greedy.

- I want big money.

I'm not gonna be beat down by this country.

In school, you and your friends

kicked me around.

And what are you doing now?

Washing my floor.

That's how I like it.

Now get to work.

Get to work, I said, or else you're fired.

What about you?

I don't want to see you for a little while.

I got some big thinking to do.

But today...

it's been the best day.

Almost the best day.

I recognize you, at least.

We was expecting you today.

I've come.

The invitation was for 3:00, Mr. Ali.

It's only 3:
10 now.

You know...

I thought I'd come to the wrong place.

That I'd suddenly found myself

in a ladies' hairdressing salon in Pinner...

where one might get a pink rinse.

Do you do a good pink rinse?

Or are you still a fascist?

You used to give us

a lot of good advice, sir...

- when I was little.

- When you were little.

What's it made of you?

Are you a politician? Journalist?

Trade unionist?

No.

You're an underpants cleaner.

Oh, dear.

The working class

is such a great disappointment to me.

I ain't made much of myself.

You'd better get on and do something.

Help me.

I don't want my son in this...

underpants-cleaning condition.

I want him reading in college.

You tell him.

You go to college.

He must have knowledge.

We all must, now...

if we're to see clearly

what is being done and to whom...

in this country.

Right?

- I don't know. It depends on what he wants.

- No.

You use your influence.

Not a bad dump you've got here.

What did you make me

come all this way for?

- What's going on?

- It's heavy, man.

Bilquis is making magic potions

from leaves, bird beaks and stuff.

She's putting them on Rachel.

Is it working?

The furniture is shaking.

The trousers are walking by themselves.

Rachel's come out in a rash.

Glass is all over the place.

I'm out.

Salim's got to have money, soon.

A lot of money. He's threatened me.

This city's chock-full of money.

- When I used to want money...

- You'd steal it.

Decide, now,

if you want it to be like that again.

She's illiterate.

Tania's writing to her sister for her.

Bilquis is thinking

about going back to Pakistan...

after she's hospitalized Rachel

with her potion.

Nasser's on a marathon sulk.

He's going for the world record.

We'll just have to do a job to get the money.

- I don't want you going back to all that.

- Just to get us through.

We're going to go on.

You want that, don't you?

Yeah. I want you.

F*** me, what's she doing with that mouse?

Bilquis!

God damn you!

Who does he reckon he is, your uncle,

some kind of big, gaspy geezer?

Right, maybe this just ain't my world.

- Still getting married?

- I can't really get out of it.

If you wiggle fast enough, you can, I reckon.

England needs more young men like Omar.

The more boys like that, the better.

Now that Cherry's pregnant...

I will buy a house,

and we'll have many children.

Listen, Zaki, here is Omar.

You talk to him about your laundrette.

He will run it for you with Johnny.

Omar, my boy.

I got these two damned laundrettes

in your area.

- I need big advice on them.

- I will advise you.

If the laundrettes are giving you trouble...

I'll pay you rent for them

plus a percentage of the profits.

Really?

Please, can you take charge

of the music for us?

You've taken a great weight off my head.

It's a deal.

I've got it.

The installment.

It's hefty.

Don't ever offer me money.

It was an educational test I put on you...

to make you see you did a wrong thing.

Don't, in future, bite the family hand

when you can eat out of it.

You need money, just ask me.

Years ago, your uncles lifted me up,

and I will do the same thing.

All right. He's no one.

B*tch. What the hell is going on here?

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