Dirty Pretty Things

Sep 5, 2002

1h 37m

★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Miramax

BBC Film

Jonescompany Productions

Celador Films

Dirty Pretty Things Trailers

Cast

Senay

Audrey Tautou

Okwe

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Sneaky / Juan

Sergi López

Guo Yi

Benedict Wong

Juliette

Sophie Okonedo

Ivan

Zlatko Burić

Punter

Damon Younger

Cafe Owner

Kenan Hudaverdi

Mohammed

Paul Bhattacharjee

Immigration Officer

Darrell D'Silva

Shinti

Sotigui Kouyaté

Shinti's Son

Abi Gouhad

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.

7.1

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8.1

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6.7

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8.4

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6.5

Blackmail

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7.2

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5.9

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7.5

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7.0

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7.4

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6.1

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8.5

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6.3

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6.8

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6.8

Cube

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6.2

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