Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things

  • Director: Stephen Frears
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom
  • Language: English, Somali, Spanish, French
  • Release date: September 5, 2003
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Negocios entrañables
  • "Dirty Pretty Things" is a crime thriller produced by Miramax Films, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor and Audrey Tautou . It premiered at the Venice International Film Festival on September 5, 2002, 2002 It was screened in the UK on December 13, 2015   .
    The film tells the story of an illegal immigrant from Nigeria who fled to the UK, accidentally found a heart in a hotel, and was forced to get involved in a conspiracy to buy and sell organs.

    Details

    • Release date September 5, 2003
    • Filming locations Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production companies BBC Films, Celador Films, Jonescompany Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $10,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $8,112,414

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $100,512

    Gross worldwide

    $13,904,766

    Movie reviews

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    • By Rachelle 2022-01-05 08:02:31

      If London is not heaven, neither will New York.

      Movie poster

      I think the title is really good—drity pretty things, and I don’t think there is a way to translate the taste, so looking at the official translation of the title—beautiful and bad things, there is nothing wrong with it. I always like the contradiction of contrast, just like I like ice cream puffs with hot chocolate. I made a micro-film...

    • By Johnny 2022-01-05 08:02:31

      "DIRTY PRETTY THING"



      It’s strange to say that I, who I have always remembered when I watched the movie, have spent the whole day thinking about its name this time, which is really ashamed. I'm afraid it's because of excessive drinking recently, right? When I went to the newspaper office at noon today, I was greeted with rewards, and the white wine and red wine were all eaten together. You don't need someone else to drink it, just drink half a bottle of liquor just to respect the senior leaders. I thought...

    • By April 2022-01-05 08:02:31

      Distant memory

      Seeing this Angel Night Terrors seems to have been three years ago. At that time, I was candidates for a course in world film appreciation, and I actually watched a lot of good but unknown movies. I think of this movie again recently because I have a little bit of my own experience of the hardships of the world.
          Using organs to exchange residence status is unimaginable for a person living a normal life. But sometimes the pursuit of life is more than anything else. There was a time when...

    • By Mortimer 2022-01-05 08:02:31

      Beautiful dirty stuff

      The director used a gloomy and dark tone to pretend to be restrained and calm, but he can expose his emotional irrationality everywhere. He used the Chinese immigrant who worked in the hospital mortuary in the play to curse London as an immigrant hell, blindly revealing the illegality. The inhuman treatment suffered by immigrants accuses the unfairness of British society. The film shows shockingly the unusually difficult lives of several illegal immigrants such as Ao Wei, Shannai, and the...

    • By Rosendo 2022-01-05 08:02:31

      The Dirty and Sweet World--------Analysis of the "Dirty and Sweet Things" play

      ……Freshman's video analysis class homework orz


      ===================================== ==It's


      not easy to watch this movie. I'm almost going crazy by the chaotic subtitles. So if my understanding of this movie is wrong, I won't be surprised at all.
       
       
      Each of us is pursuing a beautiful world in our imagination.
      In the eyes of many people, London is a city that can bring happiness to people. The feasting here, the prosperous life here, naturally has...

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    • By Angelina 2023-07-13 12:36:16

      The actor's performance is so sincere~~ I even cried when I saw...

    • By Laverna 2023-06-01 02:45:35

      Illegal immigrant, is it okay to leave London and go to the United States? It doesn't seem like...

    • By Aliza 2022-11-11 19:16:13

      put in class. An invisible London in the context of globalization, lamenting the side of "There is nothing so dangerous as a virtuous man" and "This is the Hell". Depressed and sad, but finally gave the protagonist a happy ending. (The character Guo Yi in the film mispronounced the name of the boatman on the river...

    • By Daniela 2022-10-10 12:08:21

      The kind and gentle Oga stayed in the UK illegally not to pursue a dream, but to live to have a chance to return...

    • By Junius 2022-10-02 17:07:28

      In those sunless corners of London, illegal immigrants are struggling to survive, while the horrific trade in human organs is methodically happening every day. The whole film is depressing and compact, and the excellent performances of the male and female protagonists make people sweat from time to time for their fate, but fortunately, there is a very satisfying and idealistic...

    Movie plot

    Ocovi (Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor) is an illegal Nigerian immigrant. He was originally a surgeon in the country but had to abscond to the UK because of a crime he had never committed. In London, he drives a taxi during the day and works as a janitor at a run-down hotel at night to make ends meet. The colleague Sai Ni (Audrey Tautou) in the hotel rented a bed for him. When Occo was repairing the pipes in the hotel's toilet, he accidentally...
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    Actor selection

    According to the script, Fries must find a black actor to star in. Freys told the producers to either invite Denzel Washington-style black Americans to join, or use black European actors. In the end, Freys chose the latter. Because Ocovey's role runs throughout the film, Freys deeply feels the tremendous pressure in the casting stage. Freys used to be very optimistic about Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor, but he underestimated Ejiofor's age...
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    Evaluation action

    "Dirty Pretty Things" is like a mixture of "Green Card" and "Robin Cook", with a sense of cool humor, and the style returns to "Liar" and other small-produced works   . (Netease Entertainment Review)
    The beginning of the film is very similar to the usual methods of detective films and suspense films. But the film is not a detective film or a suspense film, but a literary film reflecting the fate of people. Art films usually give people...
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    Movie quotes

    • Senay: I bit, Okwe. At the factory. He said he would report me to immigration, and he made me suck. But today I bit. I bit. I bit.

    • Sweatshop Foreman: You have such a beautiful mouth, Senay.

    • Okwe: [at airport arrivals] I'm not here specifically for you. But I am here to rescue people from the system.