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September 27, 2004
Movies: Dirty Pretty Things
Powerful and wonderful acting by Tautou (of the wonderful Amelie), Benedict Wong in a minor role and particular the lead Chiwetel Ejiofor, as an illegal immigrant Nigerian doctor doing the very best he can and basically being nearly a saint. The relationships among the three are all powerful and effective. This movie is scary as it presents how little power or choice illegal immigrants (particularly women) have to control their lives at all. The blackmarket kidney transplants which the antagonist demands from Tautou's character in return for a passport at first seems too horrible to imagine but after a time I came to think it a reasonable choice, given her situation, which is all the more scary. Illegal immigrants are in an unbelievably horrible position: unable to go to the police or other authorities for help, limited to so few and so awful jobs that they must go to unbelievable lengths to keep them, and with no family or other support system to protect them at all. Highly recommended but not for the faint of heart. ****
Posted by aarondf at September 27, 2004 02:22 PM
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