Polite Society

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POLITE SOCIETY is an action comedy from Britain about two sisters from a Pakistani Muslim family. Ria is a high school student who attends a martial arts class and longs to be a Hollywood stuntwoman. Her older sister, Lena, has quit her dream of being an artist. Later, Ria becomes upset when Lena starts going out with Salim, a handsome rich young doctor with an overbearing mother. When Lena and Salim get engaged only a month later, Ria is furious that Lena has given up on her dreams. She decides to sabotage the wedding but is surprised when she discovers that the plans Salim and his mother have for Lena are much worse than she imagined.