Outsiders of London

(DVD/VIDEO: Dirty Pretty Things Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 15, rental)
Stephen Frears's dramatisation of the hell that is London life for immigrants may deal a bit too heavily in absolutes but it's intriguing nonetheless.

Chiwetel Ejiofor is the Nigerian doctor driving cabs by day and manning a seedy hotel reception desk by night; Audrey (Amelie) Tautou is the shy Turkish immigrant working illegally as a hotel chambermaid while applying for asylum.

The tentative attraction between the two deepens to complicity when they discover their boss is running an organ trafficking operation, but the drama is secondary to the touching portrayals of much-tried characters.