Constructing “them”: the need to perceive the “other” in a world once “ours”

Abstract

This article proposes an interpretation of the film Yasmin (England/ Germany, 2004), directed by Kenneth Glenaan. The film explores the question of the inclusion of Pakistani immigrants in England at the beginning of the Twenty-First century. These people are directly affected by the reverberations of the terrorist attacks to the twin towers in New York. The narrative deals with the adaptation difficulties of these immigrants due to cultural identity issues, as well as their socio-economic condition in the English society. The film also suggests social relations that seem to be weakly established between the “English I” and the “Pakistani other”: which are evidenced after the events in “September 11 2001”.