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Dirty Pretty Things is a British film of genre Drama directed by Stephen Frears released in USA on 20 december 2002 with Audrey Tautou
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
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Add to a movie listDirty Pretty Things is a 2002 British drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight, a drama about two illegal immigrants in London. It was produced by BBC Films and Celador Films.
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Okwe is an illegal Nigerian immigrant to the United Kingdom who drives a cab in London during the day and works at the front desk of a hotel at night. The hotel is staffed with many immigrants, both legal and illegal. Okwe keeps himself awake by chewing khat, an herbal stimulant. A doctor in his home country, he was forced to flee after being falsely accused of murdering his wife. In London, he is pressed into giving medical treatment to other poor immigrants, including fellow cab drivers with venereal diseases. Okwe's friend Guo Yi, an employee at a hospital mortuary, provides him with antibiotics under the table.Actors
Audrey Tautou
(Senay)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
(Okwe)
Sergi López
(Sneaky / Juan)
Sophie Okonedo
(Juliette)
Benedict Wong
(Guo Yi)
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