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Chiwetel Ejiofor | ... | ||
Audrey Tautou | ... | ||
Sergi López | ... |
Sneaky /
Juan
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Sophie Okonedo | ... | ||
Benedict Wong | ... |
Guo Yi
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Zlatko Buric | ... |
Ivan
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Kriss Dosanjh | ... |
Asian Businessman
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Israel Oyelumade | ... |
Mini Cab Driver
(as Israel Aduramo)
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Yemi Goodman Ajibade | ... |
Mini Cab Driver
(as Ade-Yemi Ajibade)
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Nizwar Karanj | ... |
Mini Cab Driver
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Deobia Oparei | ... |
Mini Cab Driver
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Jeffery Kissoon | ... |
Cab Controller
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Kenan Hudaverdi | ... |
Cafe Owner
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Damon Younger | ... |
Punter
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Paul Bhattacharjee | ... |
Mohammed
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Okwe is an illegal Nigerian immigrant leading a hard life and struggling to survive in London's underground. He works as a hotel receptionist in the night time and as he has a doctor degree he practices some medicine, during the day, in a very odd way . Besides that he must constantly escape from Immigration officers. One day Okwe discovers by chance an illegal scheme of surgeries is being lead by Juan, his boss in the hotel. Juan quickly comes up with a tempting proposal: if Okwe accepts to perform the illegal surgeries he makes a lot of money and gets legalized situation in the U.K. Can Okwe keep his moral values intact? Written by Weslley Gonçalves
In London, the Nigerian illegal immigrant and former doctor Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) works as cab driver along the day and in the front desk of a hotel managed by Juan 'Sneaky' (Sergi López) in the graveyard shift. He shares a couch in the small flat of the Turkish illegal immigrant Senay (Audrey Tautou), who also works in the hotel as maiden. One night, the Londoner prostitute Juliette (Sophie Okonedo) asks Okwe to fix the toilet of room 510, where she 'works', and he finds a human heart obstructing it. Okwe's further investigation discloses an invisible world of traffic of human organs of illegal immigrants in London. This excellent movie has a great screenplay about the urban legend of traffic of organs of the socially excluded immigrants in London. Just as a comparison, in Brazil, thousands of children of the lower classes vanish every year. The urban legend tells that they were adopted overseas or were used in the illegal traffic of human organs, but these stories are only rumor in Internet. Therefore, this theme in an excellent script is very attractive. Stephen Frears is one of the greatest directors of the cinema history and his movies are synonym of quality. The great surprise for me was the international cast, leaded by the unknown Chiwetel Ejiofor, followed by the excellent Audrey 'Amélie Poulain' Tautou and Sergi 'Harry' López , and the also unknown Sophie Okonedo, all of them with excellent performances. 'Dirty Pretty Things' is a highly recommended film. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): 'Coisas Belas e Sujas' (Pretty and Dirty Things')