Irregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder, setting off a series of e... Read allIrregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder, setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.Irregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder, setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 16 wins & 28 nominations total
Israel Oyelumade
- Mini Cab Driver
- (as Israel Aduramo)
Yemi Goodman Ajibade
- Mini Cab Driver
- (as Ade-Yemi Ajibade)
Sergi López
- Sneaky
- (as Sergi Lopez)
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- Writer
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- TriviaTurkish immigrant Senay also has a poster of controversial Turkish director Yilmaz Güney in her temporary apartment. Güney produced many works of 'gritty realism' devoted to the plight of ordinary, working class people in Turkey. At odds with the typical state-sanctioned films and the then Turkish government, the director eventually fled the country and later lost his citizenship.
- GoofsGuo Yi says the mythological figure who ferries the dead to Hades is Pylades; in fact the ferryman's name is Charon. Pylades is the companion of Orestes.
- Crazy creditsThe sound of a plane taking off can be heard at the very end of the credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004)
- SoundtracksGlass, Concrete & Stone
Written by David Byrne
Performed by David Byrne
Courtesy of Nonesuch Records
By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing
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An Urban Legend About the Socially Excluded Immigrants in London
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')
Title (Brazil): 'Coisas Belas e Sujas' (Pretty and Dirty Things')
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- claudio_carvalho
- Sep 14, 2004
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- Also known as
- Những Kẻ Tha Hương
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- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,112,414
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $100,512
- Jul 20, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $13,904,766
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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