Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Country: US/GB
Technical: col 97m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Sophie Okonedo
Synopsis:
A Nigerian works as a night porter and cabbie in London; the Turkish girl who befriends him is a chambermaid at the same hotel, where the manager is running an organs for passports scam.
Review:
Sensitively shot, with some superbly lit interiors and close-ups that allow the actors, particularly , to shine, this is Frears at his best, dealing with cogent moral issues in a way which invites the viewer to make up his own mind before resolving them in dramatic terms.
Country: US/GB
Technical: col 97m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Sophie Okonedo
Synopsis:
A Nigerian works as a night porter and cabbie in London; the Turkish girl who befriends him is a chambermaid at the same hotel, where the manager is running an organs for passports scam.
Review:
Sensitively shot, with some superbly lit interiors and close-ups that allow the actors, particularly , to shine, this is Frears at his best, dealing with cogent moral issues in a way which invites the viewer to make up his own mind before resolving them in dramatic terms.
Country: US/GB
Technical: col 97m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Sophie Okonedo
Synopsis:
A Nigerian works as a night porter and cabbie in London; the Turkish girl who befriends him is a chambermaid at the same hotel, where the manager is running an organs for passports scam.
Review:
Sensitively shot, with some superbly lit interiors and close-ups that allow the actors, particularly , to shine, this is Frears at his best, dealing with cogent moral issues in a way which invites the viewer to make up his own mind before resolving them in dramatic terms.