
Academy Award 2004 - Nominated - Best Original Screenplay
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Dirty Pretty Things
Film SynopsisFrom Stephen Frears, the Oscar-nominated director of The Grifters (Best Director, 1990) and Dangerous Liaisons, Dirty Pretty Things stars Audrey Tautou (Amelie) in a harrowing tale of struggle and survival for two immigrants who learn that everything is for sale in London's secret underworld! Get Involved |
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Runtime:
97 min.
Genres:
Drama
Mystery / Thriller
Crime
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
Language:
English/American
Color:
Color
Certification:
R
Tagline
Some things are too dangerous to keep secret.
Plot Summary
Part of an invisible working class, Nigerian exile Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Turkish chambermaid Senay (Audrey Tautou) toil at a west London hotel that is full of illegal activity. Then late one night Okwe makes a shocking discovery, which creates an impossible dilemma and tests the limits of all they know! Honored with numerous European film awards and nominations -- including wins at the London Critics Circle Film Awards and the Venice Film Festival -- you'll find this gritty urban thriller to be thoroughly engrossing and impossible to forget!
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Directed by
Stephen Frears
Produced by
Robert Jones
Tracey Seaward
Writing credits
Steven Knight
Cast
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | ||
| Audrey Tautou | ||
| Sergi Lopez | ||
| Sophie Okonedo |
How would you react if you were a hotel porter and you found a heart clogging a toilet in one of the rooms of the hotel? What if on top of that you were an illegal immigrant afraid of deportation so going to the police is your last option? That’s ... read more