A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.
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Atta Yaqub
Casim Khan
Eva Birthistle
Roisin Hanlon
Shamshad Akhtar
Sadia Khan
Ghizala Avan
Rukhsana Khan
Shabana Akhtar Bakhsh
Tahara Khan
Ahmad Riaz
Tariq Khan
Shy Ramsan
Hamid
Gerard Kelly
Parish Priest
Gary Lewis
Danny
David McKay
Wee Roddie
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