Anita & Me is a slight but charming film of an Asian girl growing up in the early 1970s in the village of Tollington in the Black country.
This itself gives the film an unusual aspect as we rarely see drama of Asian people living in the country. Its usually a metropolis such as Birmingham, London or Manchester.
Meena is a Punjabi girl who likes telling stories, she is already experiencing a cultural clash with her parents as she does not like speaking Punjabi and has little interest in what her parents want for her.
She starts a friendship with Anita a more flighty girl popular with the boys but her parents disapprove of Anita and her friendship leads to an act of casual racism.
Its an ensemble piece with quirky characters in the village, plenty of 1970s rock songs, dashing of nostalgia and some light humour. All the characters lack depth in this slice of life story.
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