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Dirty Pretty Things is a 2002 British social thriller film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight. [6] [7] Following the lives of two immigrants in London, it was filmed in a documentary style and was produced by BBC Films and Celador Films, and distributed by Buena Vista International through Miramax Films .
Dirty Pretty Things: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kriss Dosanjh, Israel Oyelumade, Yemi Goodman Ajibade. Irregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation.
- Stephen Frears
- 36 sec
This is a splendid opening for a thriller, but "Dirty Pretty Things" is more than a genre picture. It uses the secret and malevolent activities at the hotel as the engine to drive a story about a London of immigrants, some illegal, who do the city's dirty work. Okwe ( Chiwetel Ejiofor) was a doctor in Nigeria, is here as a political exile, has ...
From Stephen Frears, the Oscar-nominated director of The Grifters (Best Director, 1990) and Dangerous Liaisons, Dirty Pretty Things stars Audrey Tautou (Amel...
Okwe, a kind-hearted Nigerian physician, and Senay, a Turkish chambermaid, work at the same West London hotel, a locus of drug dealing and prostitution run by Senor Sneaky. When Okwe discovers a human heart blocking a toilet in a just-vacated room, he uncovers something far more sinister than just a common crime. — Sujit R. Varma.
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Dec 13, 2002 · I do not want to get involved. Illegal immigrant Okwe fights to put an end to the gruesome trade in human organs in this award-winning urban thriller which exposes a dark side of London that most ...