My Son the Fanatic (R)

synopsis

Parvez is a reserved taxi driver who has spent 25 years in England building a life for himself and his family. Minoo is Parvez’s dutiful wife and Farid is Parvez’s teenage son, who is consumed with preserving his roots in a multicultural country. The stability of Parvez’s home is disrupted when Parvez begins an illicit love affair with a local prostitute, Bettina, and a German business man, Schitz, comes to town and challenges Parvez to live a more free lifestyle. Now, fundamentalism meets Western hedonism over the kitchen table of an Asian family...