Room to Rent (2000) - Details

Ali is a young Egyptian screenwriter determined to succeed in London where he has been a student. But he has little money, his student visa is about to expire and he has just been thrown out of his lodgings. And so Ali moves in with a succession of eccentric and colourful London flatmates and their friends: 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. All the while Ali is in search of an elusive British visa and a fake bride, which unexpectedly leads to his finding the love of his life…