Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987
) is a film directed by Stephen Frears
, with a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi
; features Fine Young Cannibals
singer Roland Gift
in one of his earliest screen appearances.
) and Rosie (Frances Barber
) are husband and wife, both leading a promiscuous bohemian
lifestyle until Sammy's father (Shashi Kapoor
) comes to visit to escape "past issues".
1987 in film
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) is a film directed by Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears
Stephen Arthur Frears is an English film director.-Early life:Frears was born in Leicester, England to Ruth M., a social worker, and Dr Russell E. Frears, a general practitioner and accountant. He did not find out that his mother was Jewish until he was in his late 20s...
, with a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi CBE is an English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer. The themes of his work have touched on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality...
; features Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals were a British band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1984, by bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox , and singer Roland Gift...
singer Roland Gift
Roland Gift
Roland Lee Gift is a British singer and actor. He was the lead singer of the band Fine Young Cannibals.-Biography:...
in one of his earliest screen appearances.
Plot synopsis
Sammy (Ayub Khan-DinAyub Khan-Din
Ayub Khan-Din is a British Pakistani actor and playwright.As an actor, Khan-Din participated in some 20 British films and TV series in the late 1980s and the 1990s...
) and Rosie (Frances Barber
Frances Barber
Frances Barber is an Olivier Award-nominated English actress with a long and distinguished stage career. She has also appeared in numerous television productions...
) are husband and wife, both leading a promiscuous bohemian
Bohemianism
Bohemianism is the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people, with few permanent ties, involving musical, artistic or literary pursuits...
lifestyle until Sammy's father (Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor , born Balbir-Raj Prithviraj Kapoor on 18 March 1938 in Calcutta , is an award-winning Indian film actor and film producer. He has also been film director and assistant director in Hindi Films. He is a member of the Kapoor family, a film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema...
) comes to visit to escape "past issues".
Analysis
The movie addresses several recurring themes, including:- parents living through their children;
- children repeating their parents' mistakes;
- "tit for tat" affairs in marriage being damaging to both parties of the relationships, and the cycle only being broken by forgiveness;
- sex without love being unfulfilling and ultimately destructive.