Ae Fond Kiss...

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Ae Fond Kiss
Directed by	Ken Loach
Produced by	Rebecca O' Brien Michael Phillips
Written by	Paul Laverty
Starring	Atta Yaqub Eva Birthistle
Music by	George Fenton
Distributed by	Warner Bros
Release date(s)	July 11, 2005
Running time	Approx. 103 minutes
Language	English and Punjabi
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Ae Fond Kiss is a 2004 film directed by Ken Loach, and starring Atta Yaqub and Eva Birthistle. The title is borrowed from a Scottish poem by Robert Burns, the complete line being "Ae fond kiss, and then we'll sever..."

Casim Khan (Yaqub) is a Glaswegian DJ of Pakistani origin. His devout Muslim parents, Tariq and Sadia, have arranged for him to marry his first cousin, Jasmine, and Casim is happy with the arrangement. Casim then meets and falls in love with Roisin (Birthistle), an Irish teacher working in a Catholic school. They then have to decide whether their love is strong enough to endure the repercussions of their actions and without the support of their respective communities. At the same time, Casim's younger sister, Tahara, struggles to find herself when she cannot gain the respect of either her Scottish schoolmates or her Pakistani relatives. Rukhsana, Casim's older sister, loses her fiance because Casim's relationship brings dishonor to the family. The movie on selected release 17 September 04, and the DVD on 2005.

Ken Loach
1960s	Poor Cow | Kes
1970s	The Save the Children Fund Film | Family Life | Black Jack
1980s	The Gamekeeper | Looks and Smiles | Which Side Are You On?
1990s	Fatherland | Hidden Agenda | Riff-Raff | Raining Stones | Ladybird Ladybird | Land and Freedom | A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership | Carla's Song | The Flickening Flame | My Name Is Joe
2000s	Bread and Roses | The Navigators | Sweet Sixteen | Ae Fond Kiss... | Tickets | The Wind That Shakes the Barley