He is some kind of doctor. What kind of doctor?
I need to know what there is to know.
Police! Police!
Can I help you, gentlemen?
We're looking for someone called Senay Gelik.
- She might be working here. - Do you see anybody here?
If you see her,
give us a call.
You have been here for two days,
and already, because of you, I'm in trouble.
Maybe I should call lmmigration.
Should I call them?
You wouldn't do that.
I need a good reason. What can you give me?
If they find out you've been working, what will they do?
They will put you in prison.
And here, they mix the men and women.
So, every night you will be raped.
If you want to be like a Western girl,
that's what happens to Western girls.
If you want to go to jail, fine.
If you can't give me a good reason,
I will call the lmmigration.
I'm a good man, Senay.
I know where to draw the line.
I don't want to take your virginity, Senay.
I just want you to help me to relax.
You have such a beautiful mouth, Senay.
Achtung! Achtung!
My ladies and gentlemen, your coach awaits!
Bitte. Bitteschon.
But you must take your own luggage to the coach.
I will help only those who cannot carry their own bags.
Okwe, get up here.
- This man is a doctor. - I'm OK, I'm OK.
She's OK. She only needs to rest a minute.
He qualified in Lagos.
He worked for the Nigerian government.
His name is Dr Olusegun Olatokumbo Fadipe.
We must hurry or we'll miss the coach.
In the end, I find out all about everyone in this place.
Here, take a look at this.
French. It's a work of art.
Lebanese guys I use, who are the best in London.
All you do is give them a photograph.
I have no idea what you are talking about, Senor Juan.
If you were just some African, the deal would be simple.
You give me your kidney, I give you a new identity.
I sell the kidney for ten grand, so I'm happy.
The person who needs the kidney gets cured.
So, he's happy.
The person who sold his kidney
gets to stay in this beautiful country, so he's happy.
My whole business is based on happiness.
But for you, Dr Olusegun Olatokumbo Fadipe,
I've a better idea.
I do not want to get involved, Senor Juan.
Each time you operate, you get three thousand.
A passport for you, and one for Senay.
Take her on honeymoon.
I do not want to get involved.
You could even go back to Africa.
And no-one would know who the fuck you are.
Your choice. No rush.
I just wanted to put a little wasp in your head.
Unusual.
Chinese guy with no family.
Maybe he's from the back of a truck.
I cut off his buttons so his spirit can escape.
I'm sewing up his pockets
so he can't take his bad luck with him to the spirit world.
If he's an atheist,
I'm ruining a suit no-one will ever see.
If he's a Buddhist, I'm giving him eternal happiness,
for the price of a piece of thread.
I have found out why the heart was at the room.
They are removing kidneys.
One of their patients died at their hands.
Another I treated for a staphylococcal infection.
You're treating people? I hope you charge.
Did you hear what I said?
There is nothing so dangerous as a virtuous man.
Okwe, if you're so concerned, you should go to the police.
Get yourself deported.
You think if it were just for deportation I would not do it?
I'm a wanted man, Guo Yi.
Wanted for what?
Okwe, you didn't know people sold their organs?
- Not here. - What do you mean, "here"?
Here in London, you think it doesn't happen
because the Queen doesn't approve?
I heard in London it's ten grand for a kidney.
For that, people take risks.
If I had the courage, I'd sell my kidney.
Just to get out of here.
Just to save my brain.
The problem with always being on time
is that you can always be tracked down.
What do you think of the girl?
She's my next customer.
Eight years old. She's called Rima.
Her family brought her over from Saudi,
hoping for a miracle.
If she doesn't get a new kidney in the next few weeks,
she's going to die.
The doctor we use is no good.
If he fucks up again,
there'll be another heart down the lavatory.
Okwe, you still there?
So, I'm an evil man, right?
But I'm trying to save her life.
That's weird, huh?
Kind of thing that keeps you awake at night.
Tonight, London is colder than Moscow.
I heard it on the radio.
Okwe... it is a crazy idea.
But we really can do it.
You said you liked New York.
But if not New York, then maybe Boston.
Or Los Angeles.
I'm going there, Okwe. What do you think?
And Okwe, you could go there, too.
Are you OK? Senay, where are you?
What has happened?
I knocked but you did not hear me.
Are you OK? What has happened?
The factory does not suit me.
My hands are too soft. I cut my fingers.
So...
I have decided to go to America.
For America you would need a visa, Senay.
Or maybe a European passport.
- Keep away from Senor Juan! - It's like taking out a tooth.
He's lying!
Because you are poor, you will be gutted like an animal.
They will cut you here, or they will cut you here!
They will leave you to rot.
One of the laundry girls did it, and now she's free.
Others are dead, Senay.
So, they are free, too.
What would your God say?
My God does not speak to me any more.
Don't break. Save money.
Keep New York in your head and work hard.
You know what kind of work I do?
Lunch!
Aargh!
Okwe, somebody in the back room looking for you.
She look like a film star, boy.
Look, Okwe, I know for sure that this coat costs L300.
- This dress... - Tell me what has happened.
We can sell the coat for L200.
Senay, where did you get these?
I bit, Okwe.
At the factory.
He said he would report me to lmmigration,
and he made me suck.
But today, I bit.
I bit.
I bit!
Senor Juan sometimes has rooms in the hotel.
- No, Senay. - Just for tonight.
No.
Through there is hot water and a shower.
Hurry, Senay.
What is this place, Okwe?
It is a place where you can stay for tonight.
So cold.
If anyone comes, you are a friend of Guo Yi.
Tomorrow we will find you somewhere to live.
So... it is in there.
I can hear it.
Your heart.
Hello. Room Service.
Buenos dias... Negro.
Come on. Come on.
She's nil by mouth the whole day.
Please.
Sister.
Help me, brother.
Stop acting like you've got a choice.
Please!
- Put on your clothes. - Please, no!
You came here in the back of a truck,
but you are going home in chains!
They'll deliver you like meat!
The whole world is wrong, except you, Okwe?
What?
You are going to cut me up,
and flush me away?
I really, really don't know you at all, do I?
- This is Senay. A friend. - I am not your friend.
- She has been out all night. - I'd rather freeze to death,
than go into that building again.
There are mornings I feel the same.
- Come, Senay, it's cold. - It is the house of the dead.
They are all dead.
Maybe this will help.
My cousin has a room, in Chinatown.
I guess there's space for two.
You know, Okwe, good at chess usually means bad at life.
You do realise that she's in love with you, don't you?
I've been with her twenty minutes, and I know it.
But then, I'm bad at chess.
There is something I must tell you.
- This is your religion? - I have no religion.
You have stopped chewing the leaf.
I can see from your eyes.
Do you know, Okwe, your eyes are quite pretty?
- You are not bad looking. - Listen to me.
I come to this churchyard often.
I come here to be alone, and to think about my wife.
So now you see.
What do I see?
You should not see me any more.
Do you love her? Do you love her?
There is a room above a restaurant.
The lmmigration police do not dare go into Chinatown.
Here is some money for the rent I owe you.
There is more for the trouble I have caused you.
- Okwe, do you love her? - Love?
For you and I, there is only survival.
It is time you woke up from your stupid dream.
Yes?
Are you going on holiday or something?
Senor Juan...
- Senor Juan... - America, maybe?
Come on, you cleaned up their shit so long.
Now, you can be one of them.
Who is it?
It's me. I got some paperwork.
OK. How old are you?
Twenty-two.
How old do you want to be?
Twenty-two.
Hey, come on, relax. I can make you whatever you want.
You want to be Spanish or Greek?
Italian.
- You need a new name. - Isabella Encarico.
- You're sure that's Italian? - She owns a cafe in New York.
OK, you are at New York lmmigration. What's your name?
Isabella Fontanna Encarico.
- How old are you? - Twenty-two.
- Where were you born? - Napoli.
- Where in Napoli? - Aranella.
Right.
The trick, Senay,
is to believe you are the new person.
If you believe it inside, the lmmigration will believe it.
Drink?
What are you afraid of? Okwe's gone.
Got scared and go away.
Go to hell!
This is hell.
I'm helping you to get away.
Take off you robe. Come on, come on.
Hey, hey, stop that!
Stop that!
I can't believe it.
I'm arguing like you are my fucking wife.
Let me explain something.
Your robe now
is what the Americans call a "deal breaker".
So...
No.
You are this close to New York and you said no.
Wait.
I want the whole thing. That's the deal.
Take it or leave it.
You do not see me.
You just do.
Take it or leave it.
So it wasn't so bad, huh?
Nothing to cry about.
I'm not crying.
If you'd told me it was the first time,
I'd have cut a ribbon.
I can't believe Okwe never fucked you.
You kind of love him, huh?
Women love men most who don't love them back.
Well, you had a lucky escape.
You know why he ran away?
Because I found out that in Africa,
he murdered his own wife.
You don't eat or drink for 24 hours, OK?
Doctor's orders.
Senay is here?
I will need a pill.
There is a pill you can take the morning after.
You are a doctor.
At least you can get me a pill.
I won't allow you to butcher her.
You won't allow?
I will operate on her myself.
- You'll do what? - I will do it.
It is the only way I can be sure she will not die.
In return, I want a passport. A new identity.
Well, holy shit!
So you are human?
I will bring you our photographs tomorrow morning.
Hi. I'm Juliette. I'm a friend of Okwe's.
He said that you needed these.
So, he did not care enough to bring them himself.
Oh, Okwe's an angel.
There. Never happened.
So... What did happen?
Before, I was a virgin.
Jesus!
Mohammed.
What a pair!
The virgin and the whore.
The doctor needs a good car.
Take it. Last time you were lucky.
Black is black.
Wash these again, please.
Boil, boil, eh?
Hot, hot!
Jose!
So, this is how you do it right?
There can be no guarantee against E Coli.
Mmm!
Wonderful!
No, no, no, no.
Passports. It's something I do right.
No parking.
Okwe wants me to wait here.
I gave her a sedative an hour ago.
She's only in a deep sleep.
But now you are here,
I can administer the anaesthetic.
Now I'm here?
You are going to be my assistant, Senor Juan.
What the fuck is this?
I have noticed that if you do not drink, your hands shake.
When you pass the scalpel,
I do not want you to cut off my fingers.
When will they come to collect?
If you faint during the operation,
I have half an hour before the kidney begins to deteriorate.
They come to the laundry bay. Back of the kitchen.
- You'd better start. - Go and scrub your hands.
Yes. Professional!
It's decided. It's fucking decided!
You and me are going into business.
You know washing dishes?
You know, when you forget on Friday
and come in Monday, and there is a pan with sauce?
White... green... shit.
That... is...
Jesus! Was I speaking English then?
What you say?
...don't understand it, how the ice will help.
It'll make you last longer, babe.
I don't want to last longer. It's not even pay-day.
All right, make you harder.
Think what happens to water when it freezes, eh?
There.
- Get a bucket. - Bucket?
Come on!
You have removed kidneys before?
Many times.
In pathology.
What is pathology?
It means the patient is already dead.
Did he tell you things about me, Senay?
No.
Let me wipe your brow, doctor.
Juliette, put the ice on the bed and put on the gown.
Take the bag.
Squeeze. Gently.
We must go and scrub up.
Cold tonight, huh?
On a night like this, who would want so much ice?
You are Pylades.
Pylades was the boatman
who ferried the souls to the land of the dead.
If you didn't put a coin
under the tongue of your dead relative,
Pylades wouldn't take them to Hades.
No matter how good you had been in your life.
Knife.
- Jesus! - You are not allowed to faint.
Pass me the ice.
- Is that it, then? - No, I must sew him up.
Why?
Fetch me stitches.
Will you go and check there is no-one else waiting?
Yeah.
Where's Senor Juan?
He's drunk.
How come I've never seen you people before?
Because we are the people you do not see.
We are the ones who drive your cabs.
We clean your rooms,
and suck your cocks.
In one hour, call an ambulance.
Send them up to room 510.
Juliette?
- Thank you. - Sssh! It's OK.
One hour, OK?
Handa? Handa, it's me, Senay.
You hear how good my English is?
I'm coming to New York. I'm coming to New York!
My hands are shaking.
So are mine. I don't have a driver's licence.
It's dead.
It's the tunnel.
I must tell her what time we land.
Senay, what Sneaky told you was true.
He did not tell me anything.
I did not kill my wife myself, but still it was my fault.
- I was a pathologist in Lagos. - And now you are someone new.
An official was shot. I was told to destroy the evidence.
I don't want to know.
When I refused, my house was fire bombed.
My wife was still inside.
The police charged me with her murder.
I had to run.
But my daughter stayed. Valerie.
She's with my sister in Lagos.
How old is she?
Seven.
I must go to her.
Tell me about Lagos.
Do they have hotels that need maids?
When you arrive at the airport,
you will see a whole line of yellow cabs.
The car will take you across a bridge.
When you cross the river, you will see lights in the trees.
Policemen on white horses.
No.
I know it won't be like that.
Goodbye, Okwe.
Hold me.
You must go... Isabella.
Always we must hide.
This is the cafe where my cousin works.
I love you.
Hello?
Valerie?
Yes, it's me.
At last,
I'm coming home.