Dirty Pretty Things
Synopsis
Pietter Okwe is a doctor who was framed for murder in Libreville and now scrapes a living in London, driving mini-cabs and working as a night-porter in a West End tourist hotel. When he discovers a human heart in one of the hotel rooms he knows that as an illegal alien working without papers he cannot ask too many questions. Okwe struggles with his sense of injustice as evidence emerges that the hotel is being used to remove human organs from third world donors. Finally, with the aid of a Turkish chambermaid, a hooker and a Chinese mortuary technician, he investigates the murder and enforces a bizarre poetic kind of justice. Dirty Pretty Things explores a Dickensian landscape of rag trade sweat shops, hotel kitchens and mini-cab venues in a London that most Londoners never see.
Details
- Year
- 2002
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 97 min
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Stephen Frears
- Producer
- Paul Smith, David M Thompson, Tracey Scoffield, Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein
- Editor
- Mick Audsley
- Screenwriter
- Steve Knight
- Director of Photography
- Chris Menges
- Sound
- Peter Lindsay
- Principal cast
- Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Wong
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Miramax/BBC Films/Celador Films
c/o Miramax InternationalElsey House, 24-30 Great Titchfield Street
London W1W 8BF
UK
T 00 44 (0) 20 7535 8300
www.miramax.com
Sales Company
Miramax/BBC Films/Celador Films
c/o Miramax InternationalElsey House, 24-30 Great Titchfield Street
London W1W 8BF
UK
T 00 44 (0) 20 7535 8300
www.miramax.com
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