Contaminated Pretty Items (2002) is a movie by Stephen Frears, a gritty urban drama about two illegal immigrants in London. It was by a Celador Films production company.

Plot

Okwe (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a Nigerian doctor who causes the taxicab during the day and watches the front desk of a hotel by nighttime; he besides chews khat (a stimulant) to keep awake & prescribes doses to men by using venereal diseases. Senay (played by Amelie star Audrey Tautou) is a Muslim girl who slaves within the sweatshop under a sexually predatory boss. the children immigrants form the hesitant friendly relationship, however once Fate deals them two bad paws, Senay begins contemplating selling the kidney to get a passport & escape this half-life. Meanwhile, Okwe is pressured to perform that super operation.

Criticism
A film was swell received by audiences & critics for its portrayal of the bleak, h&-to-mouth shacks of asylum looking immigrants inside London & of the further seedy, criminal aspect that underlies all the loudness and glamor. Reviewers st& as well pointed out that a plot with success portrays a personalities of the independent characters by forcing the two into situations that trial their morality and religious convictions.

Occasionally reviewers keep around suggested that a romance between Okwe & Senay is an unneeded aspect of the plot, & that this aspect of their relationship should non keep around been developed. It has besides been pointed out that when a illegal trade of mortal organs does survive, these are a uncommon activity & so the plot is non plausible. There has as well been criticism that the film was advertised as an titillating thriller, a label that numbers of viewers don't agree by using.

Annotations
the scene sustaining the potty is clearly a lift from either Gene Hackman's experience in The Conversation.

Cast and roles include

Chiwetel Ejiofor - Okwe Kriss Dosanjh - Asian businessman Israel Aduramo - Mini cab driver Yemi Ajibade - Mini cab driver Nizwar Karanj - Mini cab driver Dhobi Oparei - Mini cab driver Jeffery Kissoon - Cab Controller Zlatko Buric - Ivan Audrey Tautou - Senay Sophie Okonedo - Juliette Sergi López - Sneaky (Juan) Benedict Wong - Guo Yi Kenan Hudaverdi - Cafe owner Damon Younger - Punter Paul Bhattacharjee - Mohammed