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Plot. Okwe, a doctor in his home country (not initially named) who was forced to flee after being falsely accused of murdering his wife, lives in the United Kingdom as an undocumented immigrant.
Dirty Pretty Things Summary. By day, Okwe, an undocumented Nigerian immigrant in London, is a cabbie, and by night he mans the front desk of a somewhat seedy hotel. He was a doctor back in his own country, and in London, he has become the unofficial doctor for the other immigrants in his orbit; early in the film, we see Okwe treating his boss ...
Summaries. 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.
With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kriss Dosanjh, Israel Oyelumade, Yemi Goodman Ajibade. 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.
- Stephen Frears
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Aug 1, 2003 · Dirty Pretty Things. Roger Ebert August 01, 2003. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and finds the source of the trouble: A human heart, stuck in the pipes.
Apr 11, 2003 · Synopsis In London, Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is an undocumented alien from Nigeria who works as a cabbie and moonlights as a hotel attendant. He shares living quarters with Turkish émigré Senay ...
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by Stephen Frears. Buy Study Guide. Dirty Pretty Things Study Guide. Dirty Pretty Things is a 2002 film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight about an illegal Nigerian immigrant and doctor, Okwe, who gets embroiled in a London underground organ market being run out of the hotel that employs him.
