Dirty Pretty Things (2002)


Directed by Stephen Frears
Written by Steven Knight
Cinematography by Chris Menges
Edited by Mick Audsley
Running Time: 97mins

Main Cast:

Chiwetel Ejiofor .... Okwe
Zlatko Buric .... Ivan
Audrey Tautou .... Senay Gelik
Sophie Okonedo .... Juliette
Sergi López .... Sneaky/Juan
Benedict Wong .... Guo Yi

Synopsis:

Okwe is an illegal immigrant living in London who spends his day working as a taxi driver and night as a hotel receptionist. When he rests he does so on the sofa of Senay, a Turkish woman who is seeking asylum, and who works as a chambermaid at the same hotel as Okwe. The hotel is run by Juan who is happy to allow his building to be used as a site for prostitution and drug dealing and other criminal dealings that start to come to light when Okwe discovers a human heart blocking a toilet.

Comments:

Entertainment Value: 7/10
Potential for film-making analysis: 7/10
IMDB Vote: 7/10