Product Description: A Turkish chambermaid working at a London hotel full of illegal activity discovers a human heart in a toilet. Genre: Feature Film Urban Drama Rating: R Release Date: 7-SEP-2004 Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com: The luminous Audrey Tautou (Amelie) stars in Dirty Pretty Things, a riveting thriller about an illegal immigrant in London named Okwe (Chiwetal Ejiofor, Amistad), a doctor in his homeland who now works days as a taxi driver and nights as a hotel desk clerk. When a hooker tells him there's a mess in one of the hotel's bathrooms, Okwe finds a human heart in the toilet. He soon discovers a snare of desperation, poverty, and black-market body organs--and finds that his only friend, a Turkish hotel maid (Tautou), may be the next to be caught. Dirty Pretty Things, skillfully directed by Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, Dangerous Liaisons, My Beautiful Laundrette), fuses taut suspense with an unsettling portrait of life among the British underclass of immigrant service workers. Thanks to the excellent cast and script, the movie makes its social points subtly, while the gripping story coils itself around you. --Bret Fetzer
A very cozy movie. I liked it. This movie is intriguing with a very unusual storyline. I really enjoyed it. Very poignant at times, specially the final scenes.
interesting movie but ... ... couldn't help but notice that none of the baddies in the movie is an english man - the factory owner who exploits tatou is an asian - indian or paksitani, the villian who trades in kidneys is spanish ...
c'mon the movie is set in london and are we to expect ...
recently there were reports in press as to how english immigration officials were sexually abusing women immigrants who wanted to stay back ...
Dirty Pretty Things After falling in love with Amelie and (especially) He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, I was on a desperate hunt for more Audrey Tautou films to watch. Dirty Pretty Things is a movie about illegal immigrants and organ harvesting in London. Some great social commentary exists around the twisted knots of sub plots making this a pretty good film. However, roughly 20-minutes could have been chopped out (i.e. the hooker with the heart of gold type character who poorly provided comic relief) and this definitely made parts of the movie just drag. Warning: A good bit of rather graphic sexual violence directed at women.
Dirty Pretty Things... This movie was better than I thought it would be, and the acting was very good! Audrey Tautou makes the most of her role...four stars!
A European thriller with important social elements and plot twists galore Dirty Pretty Things is a suspense thriller with both a love story angle and a healthy dose of social commentary about the plight of illegal immigrants in London. It's packaged with a sexy Audrey Tautou on the cover, but the title and cover belie the gritty, intense nature of this sublime European film. The central character, Okwe (Chjwetel Ejiofor), is an illegal immigrant from Nigeria working as a night porter in a London hotel. His love interest Saney (Audrey Tatou) is a Turkish immigrant seeking asylum in Great Britian and working illegally as a chambermaid and seamstress. Okwe discovers evidence of a murder in Suite 510 at the hotel, and despite the fact that his co-workers tell him to mind his own business and ignore any dirty things that happen in the pretty hotel, he starts to unravel a criminal web of black market transactions. Soon, he and Saney are waist-deep in the criminal underworld, unable to turn to law enforcement for fear of deportation.
This outstanding movie can be viewed as a gripping suspense thriller or as an important expose on the plight of immigrants, and the viewer will delight when justice is delivered to the evil people who wield all the power. Prepare to be captivated by a compelling storyline with a first-rate cast.
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