Dirty Pretty Things 2002

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 93 min

genre: social

theme: social thriller

director: Stephen Frears

Score: 6 / 10

Dirty Pretty Things is a 2002 British social thriller film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight. Following the lives of two immigrants in London, it was filmed in a documentary style and was produced by BBC Films and Celador Films, and distributed by Buena Vista International through Miramax Films.

Plot

Okwe, a doctor in his home country (not initially named) who was forced to flee after being falsely accused of murdering his wife, lives in the United Kingdom as an undocumented immigrant. He drives a cab in London during the day and works at the front desk of a hotel at night, which is staffed by other immigrants, both documented and undocumented. He is pressed into giving medical treatment to other poor immigrants, including fellow cab drivers with venereal diseases. He is supplied with antibiotics by his friend Guo Yi, an employee at a hospital mortuary.

Cast

More details

author	Steven Knight
contentLocation	London
director	Stephen Frears
editor	Mick Audsley
events	illegal immigration organ trade organized crime
genre	crime drama social thriller
keywords	accused of murder cab driver cab in london coming home emergency contraception falsely accused force forged passport hackney carriage human heart immigration services learn married medical treatment morning morning-after pill mortuary new identity new life oral sex sex worker stansted airport swap kidneys for forged passports sweatshop uk immigration service undocumented immigrant united kingdom venereal disease venereal diseases young daughter
musicBy	Nathan Larson
nomination	Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award for Best Cinematographer European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award for Best Screenwriter Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
producer	Tracey Seaward
productionCompany	BBC Film Celador
publisher	Buena Vista International Miramax Variety
recordedAt	London
theme	independent social thriller