Anita and Me

5.9(23)20021h 33m

ComedyDramaFamily

Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.

Director

Metin Hüseyin

Cast

Chandeep Uppal

Meena Kumar

Max Beesley

Hairy Neddy

Anna Brewster

Anita Rutter

Sanjeev Bhaskar

Mr. Kumar

Kathy Burke

Mrs. Rutter

Kabir Bedi

Yeti

Ayesha Dharker

Mrs. Daljeet Kumar

Lynn Redgrave

Mrs. Omerod

Alex Freeborn

Sam Lowbridge

Mark Williams

The Reverend 'Uncle' Alan

Lucy Pargeter

Brenda

Meera Syal

Auntie Shaila

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2y ago

6.0

This is one of these gentle, tender, coming-of-age movies that raises the odd smile but is really pretty unremarkable. I can't speculate as to the degree in which it is semi-autobiographical of writer Meera Syal's own upbringing; but it centres around the story of a young British Asian girl "Meena" (Chandeep Uppal) whose family live in a town in the Midlands of England where she has to do her own ...