Room to Rent
5.5
95 minutes
6/22/2001
Overview
Ali is a young Egyptian screenwriter determined to succeed in London, where he has been a student. He loves the artistic and political freedom, the colours, the music, the individualism. But he has little money, his student visa is about to expire and he has been thrown out of his lodgings. And so Ali moves in with a succession of eccentric and colourful London flatmates: Mark, a photographer with a very individual style, Linda, a young, blonde, very sexy model and Marilyn Monroe impersonator, and Miss Stevenson who is convinced that Ali is the reincarnation of her long dead Egyptian lover.
Cast List
Saïd Taghmaoui
as Ali
Juliette Lewis
as Linda
Rupert Graves
as Mark
Anna Massey
as Sarah Stevenson
Clémentine Célarié
as Vivienne
Liam Noble
as Bouncer
Flaminia Cinque
as Margreta
Karim Belkhadra
as Ahmed
Maureen O'Farrell
as Belly Dancer
Nayef Rashed
as Naief
Badia Obaid
as Ali's Mother
Nahar Sadayo
as Ali's Sister
Adam El Hagar
as Ali's Brother
Sahar Gadel-Kareem
as Ali's Sister
Louis Hammond
Shobu Kapoor
as Home Office Official
Chris Langham
as Mr. Paul
Christopher Simon
as Dick
Kevin Wainwright
as Sean
Felix Dexter
as Policeman 1
Simon Macallum
as Policeman 2
Robert Lang
as Mark's Father
Christopher Campbell
Brenda Cowling
as Church Lady
Shane Taylor
as Fernando
Stephen Brogan
as Lisa
Richard Lumsden
as Sam
Roger Frost
as Martin
Ian Puleston-Davies
as Linda's Husband
Luke Varley
David Warwick
as Financier
Kerry Godliman
as Nurse
Amir Alwan
as Young Ali (10 yrs)
Faya Smith
as Young Sarah
Miranda Bell
as Registrar
Ysobel Gonzalez
as Woman in Registry Office
Jonathan Stratt
as Policeman 3
Fiona Phillips
as TV Presenter
Neville Phillips
as Vicar 2
Lisa Kay
as Young Sarah
Ray Donn
as Man in Club (uncredited)