Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Duration: 107 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou and Sergi López
IMDb score:
7,2 (45.940)
Releasedate: 5 September 2002
Dirty Pretty Things plot
"Every dream has its price."
The Turkish Senay and the Nigerian Okwe are illegal immigrants and both work in a London hotel. Okwe combines this with a second job as a taxi driver; to stay awake, he chews coca leaves all day long and rests when he can on Senay's sofa or plays chess with his Chinese friend who works as a porter in the morgue. After Okwe finds a human heart hiding the toilet in one of the hotel's rooms, he uncovers some sordid practices.
Actors and actresses
Okwe
Senay
Sneaky / Juan
Guo Yi
Juliette
Ivan
Punter
Cafe Owner
Mohammed
Immigration Officer
Reviews & comments
SmackItUp
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- 3518 messages
- 2674 votes
Very boring and dry film.
In itself Ejiofor does well and Tautou is not very annoying, but Frears makes it an endlessly boring intention by focusing too much on social problems. Very little happens and unfortunately there is not much to enjoy audiovisually either. Yawn Yawn.
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klara
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- 814 messages
- 20367 votes
The visual has never been Frears' strongest point, and it shows in this film. Ejiofor does
it's fine, Tautou is not a bad actress but I often have trouble with her a bit frumpy
presence, as if that sweet face stands in the way of any depth. Found her in this one
The film is also unconvincing, with her emotions (again) looking rather artificial. But it
I think this also depends on the director, who plays a rather unbalanced and actually quite monotonous
film presents, the acting scenes of a faint casualness, and some tension is also far too
Search. En passant, the director half-heartedly presents the circumstances/abuse of illegal
denounced immigrants. With all this the film floats on loose ground all the time, and doesn't know for a moment
really fascinating. Thanks to the acting of Ejiofor, the film still stands a bit,
but for me it was mediocre at best.
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Filmkriebel
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- 10307 messages
- 4829 votes
Not a film that provides a pleasant feeling, but also not raw enough to really shock. Some illegal immigrants are being followed in London where they are victims of all kinds of exploitation. Ejiofor is the main character walking from left to right and Tautou as a Turkish fragile young woman is believable in her role and you feel the most compassion for her. I was left hungry because it is what you can expect from these kinds of films: oversimplified drama in which society adopts a constantly negative attitude towards migrants. The only ones you can trust are other migrants. Well, if that's the reality. I didn't find it that exciting either. The best moments of the film for me were at the very end. Frears proves himself once again as a very changeable director
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