Mischief Night
Mischief Night, UK, 2006
Director: Penny Woolcock
Cast: Kelli Hollis, James Foster, Michael Taylor, Holly Kenny, Jake Hayward, Ramon Tikaram, Qasim Akhtar
About two families (one white, one Asian) who come together unexpectedly on a local night of carnival trickery and festivity.
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For those not fortunate enough to have been born in or live in God's Own County, Mischief Night is Yorkshire's unique take on Halloween, held on November 4, when minor acts of troublemaking are tolerated. Director Penny Woolcock's film takes the night as its central premise, with Kelli Hollis as Tina, living on a Leeds housing estate with her unruly kids. The estate is pretty evenly split between white and Asian families, which allows Tina to meet up with her ex-lover Immie (Ramon Tikaram), now stuck in a loveless arranged marriage. But there are underlying tensions, with the mullah at the local mosque showing jihad-promoting videos and both sides involved in the local, lucrative and roaring drugs trade.
