A look at the life of undocumented immigrants in England. Okwe
(Chiwetel Ejiofer) spends his days driving a taxi and his nights working at the
front desk in a shady hotel. He finds a human heart in the toilet and tries to
uncover what’s going on but it’s not safe for him or his friend, Senay (Audrey
Tautou).
It turns out that the boss of the hotel takes kidneys (and
other organs, presumably) from undocumented immigrants and gives them passports
in return. What I don’t understand is how a heart ended up in the toilet.
Unless I missed it, it was never explained. Were they taking the heart from
someone and it ended up going wrong somehow and then they… put it down the
toilet? I don’t get it. But that’s a small issue. The film as a whole is great.
It was interesting and the story was well-paced. Oh, another issue would be the
accents. If Okwe is meant to be from Nigeria and Senay is meant to be from
Turkey, then why not use actors from those countries? Although I suppose it was
to draw in fans of the actors used. Still, it would’ve been better if the
characters were played by people actually from those countries.
7/10
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