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Dirty Pretty Things

2002 · 97 min

A tense, quietly desperate plunge into London's immigrant underworld, where every kindness has a cost and survival demands moral compromise.

Tagline
Every dream has its price.
Overview
An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • immigration
  • corruption
  • exploration
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
Stephen Frears
Written by
Steven Knight
Starring
Audrey Tautou, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sergi López, Benedict Wong, Sophie Okonedo, Zlatko Burić, Damon Younger, Kenan Hudaverdi
Music
Nathan Larson
Cinematography
Chris Menges
Runtime
97 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
French, Somali, Spanish, English

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