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The kind and overworked Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is an illegal immigrant from Nigeria that lives and works in London where he has several connections through his different occupations. Okwe, once a medical doctor, works now as cab driver in the daylight and at night as portiere, and in between shifts he visits his friend Guo Yi (Benedict Wong) at the morgue with whom he is playing chess in his short leisure time. The few hours of sleep that Okwe gets is when he rests in Senay's (Audrey Tautou), a Turkish asylum seeking woman, apartment while Senay is at work. Both Senay and Okwe work at the Baltic Hotel in London, and in one of the rooms of the hotel Okwe makes a macabre discovery as he finds a human heart in a clogged toilet. The complexity of Okwe's situation makes it impossible for him to go to the police, but his conscious tells him to be honorable. However, Okwe has more problems with the immigration police and his past as he attempts to balance the issues at hand, which brings him more trouble. Dirty Little Things is a good story that balances societal issues with a ghastly crime in an environment where laws cannot be applied. Thus, Frears creates a sublime thriller that will provide food for thought as well as suspense. |
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