Dirty Pretty Things
Synopsis
Dirty Pretty Things is an urban thriller in which an African night porter enlists the help of a prostitute, a chambermaid and a mortuary technician to solve a bizarre murder. Set in a world of asylum seekers that lies behind the familiar urban metropolis. It is a tale of two cities, both of them in London.
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
- 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
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 9th December 2005
