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Friday, September 30th, 2005
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10:50p - 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
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