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A bittersweet comedy about a young girl growing up in the English Midlands during the 1970s. Meena is 12 years old and lives in the village of Tollington, "the jewel of the Black Country" â in 1972. She is the daughter of Indian parents who have come to England to give her a better life. Her idyllic adolescence, surrounded by eccentric relatives and friends, is interrupted by the arrival in Tollington of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family. At 14 â blonde, aloof, beautiful, outrageous and sassy- Anita is everything Meena thinks she wants to be. Meena wheedles her way into Anita's life, but the arrival of a baby brother, teenage hormones, impending entrance exams for the posh grammar school and a motorcycling rebel without a future, threaten to turn her salad days sour.
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| Also Known As: |
Anita and Me
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Genres: |
Art/Foreign, Comedy and Drama |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 33 min. |
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| Release Date: |
November 22, 2002 |
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| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
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| Production Co.: |
BBC Films, Chest Wigs, Flare Productions, Take 3, Portman Film & Television, Starfield Productions
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| Financiers: |
Funding: East Midlands Film Initiative
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| Produced in: |
United Kingdom |
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