Showing:
BBC TWO, Saturday August 28, 10.45pm
Synopsis:
(2002) Frears' film focuses on the usually unseen world of the capital's illegal immigrants, the invisible people who keep its economy running smoothly. Nigerian exile Okwe is one such person. By day he drives a minicab; at night he's a porter in a hotel that's home to some shady goings-on. When Okwe stumbles upon the hotel's dirty secret, he is placed in an impossible dilemma. A decent man, how can he do the right thing - given his precarious status - and still protect the people he cares about?.
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Cast:
- Chiwetel Ejiofor (Okwe)
- Audrey Tautou (Senay Gelik)
- Sophie Okonedo (Juliette)
- Sergi López (Sneaky/Juan)
- Jeffery Kissoon (Cab Controller)
- Zlatko Buric (Ivan)
- Benedict Wong (Guo Yi)
Review:
Scripted by first-time screenwriter Steve Knight (one of the creators, incidentally, of TV quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?), Dirty Pretty Things works on one level as a gripping urban thriller.
What lifts the film out of the generic rut, however, is its political intelligence and compassion.
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