Dirty Pretty Things
Promotional film poster
Directed by	Stephen Frears
Produced by	Robert Jones, Tracey Seaward
Written by	Stephen Frears
Starring	Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Okonedo, Israel Aduramo, Sergi López, Benedict Wong, Audrey Tautou
Music by	Nathan Larson
Cinematography	Chris Menges
Editing by	Mick Audsley
Release date(s)	December 13, 2002 (UK)
Running time	97 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English, Somali
IMDb profile

Dirty Pretty Things (2002) is a movie by Stephen Frears, a drama about two illegal immigrants in London. It was produced by the Celador Films production company. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 405 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (510 × 755 pixel, file size: 42 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is of a film poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the film... Stephen Frears in Sweden, 1989 promoting his movie Dangerous Liaisons. ... For Robert Tyre Jones Jnr, the US golfer, see Bobby Jones Robert Jones was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, earned during the 1879 battle of battle of Rorkes Drift, South Africa, part of the Anglo-Zulu War. ... Ejiofor in Four Brothers Chiwetel Ejiofor (born 10 July 1974) is an award-winning British film and stage actor. ... Sophie Okonedo (born January 1, 1969) is an Academy Award-nominated British actress. ... Sergi López (born December 22, 1965) is a Spanish actor. ... Benedict Wong is a British actor. ... Audrey Tautou (IPA: ; born August 9, 1978) is a French film actress, best known to worldwide audiences as the title character in the award-winning French film Amélie (2001, Le Fabuleux Destin dAmélie Poulain) and as Sophie Neveu in The Da Vinci Code (2006). ... Nathan Larson (born 12 September 1970 in Maryland), composer and musician, formerly lead guitarist for the influential 90s band Shudder To Think, now award-winning maker of music for film and , most recently, founder of the band Hot One. ... Chris Menges (born September 15, 1940 in Kingston, Herefordshire) is an English cinematographer and film director. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Stephen Frears in Sweden, 1989 promoting his movie Dangerous Liaisons. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Illegal immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently, in violation of the law or without documents permitting an immigrant to settle in that country. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Plot

Okwe (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a Nigerian doctor who drives a taxicab during the day and watches the front desk of a hotel by night; he also chews khat (a stimulant) to keep awake and prescribes drugs to men with venereal diseases. Senay (played by Audrey Tautou) is a Turkish Muslim girl who slaves in a sweatshop under a sexually predatory boss. The two immigrants form a hesitant friendship, but when fate deals them both bad hands, Senay begins contemplating selling a kidney to get a passport and escape this half-life. Meanwhile, Okwe is pressured to perform that very operation. Ejiofor in Four Brothers Chiwetel Ejiofor (born 10 July 1974) is an award-winning British film and stage actor. ... Taxicab, short forms taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride. ... Binomial name Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ... Stimulants are drugs that increase alertness and wakefulness. ... Sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), also known as sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs), are diseases that are commonly transmitted between partners through some form of sexual activity, most commonly vaginal intercourse, oral sex, or anal sex. ... Audrey Tautou (IPA: ; born August 9, 1978) is a French film actress, best known to worldwide audiences as the title character in the award-winning French film Amélie (2001, Le Fabuleux Destin dAmélie Poulain) and as Sophie Neveu in The Da Vinci Code (2006). ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... Sweatshop is a pejorative term often used to describe a manufacturing facility that is physically or mentally abusive, or that crowds, confines, or compels workers, or forces them to work long and unreasonable hours, as would be the case with penal labor or slave labor. ... It has been suggested that Renal anomalies and Renal plasma threshold be merged into this article or section. ...

Cast

Senay and Okwe

• Chiwetel Ejiofor - Okwe
• Audrey Tautou - Senay
• Sophie Okonedo - Juliette
• Sergi López - Sneaky (Juan)
• Kriss Dosanjh - Asian businessman
• Israel Aduramo - Mini cab driver
• Yemi Ajibade - Mini cab driver
• Nizwar Karanj - Mini cab driver
• Dhobi Oparei - Mini cab driver
• Jeffery Kissoon - Cab Controller
• Zlatko Buric - Ivan
• Benedict Wong - Guo Yi
• Kenan Hudaverdi - Cafe owner
• Damon Younger - Punter
• Paul Bhattacharjee - Mohammed

Image File history File links Dirtyprettythings. ... Image File history File links Dirtyprettythings. ... Ejiofor in Four Brothers Chiwetel Ejiofor (born 10 July 1974) is an award-winning British film and stage actor. ... Audrey Tautou (IPA: ; born August 9, 1978) is a French film actress, best known to worldwide audiences as the title character in the award-winning French film Amélie (2001, Le Fabuleux Destin dAmélie Poulain) and as Sophie Neveu in The Da Vinci Code (2006). ... Sophie Okonedo (born January 1, 1969) is an Academy Award-nominated British actress. ... Sergi López i Ayats (born December 22, 1965) is a Spanish actor. ... Benedict Wong is a British actor. ...

Quotes

• White Englishman: Who are you people? Why haven't I seen you before?
  Okwe: We are the people you don't see: We are the ones who drive your cabs, we clean your rooms, we suck your cocks.

External links

• Dirty Pretty Things at the Internet Movie Database
• Dirty Pretty Things at Rotten Tomatoes
• Dirty Pretty Things at Box Office Mojo