Movies about prostitutes
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Anora and hustlers are about strippers tho
Chloe (2009), with Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried. That is a movie with an escort I really liked.
Thanks for the recommendations. I watched the Deuce & working girls this month. It was nice.
Not a movie but a TV Show is the Girl Friend Experience
Not a movie but a TV Show is the Girl Friend Experience
Anora was was really good ... very funny and genuinely moving at times.
If anyone hasn't seen the director Sean Baker's other movies, most are about sex workers of one variety or another, whose inevitably flawed characters are presented with dark humour and much sympathy. Tangerine is genuinely hilarious... and I loved Red Rocket.
If anyone hasn't seen the director Sean Baker's other movies, most are about sex workers of one variety or another, whose inevitably flawed characters are presented with dark humour and much sympathy. Tangerine is genuinely hilarious... and I loved Red Rocket.
A colleague and I also watched Anora recently and while we didn't hate it, we also didn't love it. We felt there was a lot of missing context to make the story whole, among other things. But it was better than many of the SW movies out there that's for sure
Stars at Noon [2022]
For fans of langurous cinema only.
As is typical of Claire Denis, this is more a lengthy enigmatic vibe than a conventional story.
Beautifully shot, underappreciated, with a great score, it features a riveting (to me, at least) central performance from Margaret Qualley as an American supposed-journalist turned prostitute while stranded in Nicaragua during the 1980s.
For fans of langurous cinema only.
As is typical of Claire Denis, this is more a lengthy enigmatic vibe than a conventional story.
Beautifully shot, underappreciated, with a great score, it features a riveting (to me, at least) central performance from Margaret Qualley as an American supposed-journalist turned prostitute while stranded in Nicaragua during the 1980s.
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I enjoyed Anora’s story because it feels close to reality. The world of SWs is cutthroat, with intense rivalry and jealousy. Among strippers, one person's success often breeds resentment—there’s no room for shared victories. It’s an ugly truth within the industry.
Of course, Anora plays the game from the start. In her world, money dictates the rules. She hustles relentlessly, securing client after client. Then, luck strikes—she happens to know a little Russian. Young and naïve, she seizes the opportunity. Her client, the same age as her, is rich and lives freely, indulging in pleasure without restraint. He wants more. He sets a price; she negotiates. A week of exclusivity.
And then, she mistakes money for love—a common dream among providers. Was this a lesson that fairy tales don’t happen? It seems so. Unlike the romanticized fantasy of Pretty Woman, her story lacks the happy ending. The man is deceptive, lacking courage. He’s high most of the time—high on money, on life, on travel and endless parties.
The final scene is heartbreaking. But in her mind, it’s all she has left. Drugs and alcohol no longer appeal to Gen Z, so she turns to the one thing she knows best. What else is there for her?
Omg thank you for this recommendation. I love Claire Denis
The magnificent Zhang Ziyi in Wong Kar-wai's '2046' ... as an expert, if volatile, practitioner in transactional relationships. Until she falls in love with a man even more cynical than she ....
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I'm watching this 2013 documentary about the state of prostitution laws in Canada is a revelation. Those laws, forged in the 19th century, are now being challenged by both pro-prostitution and anti-prostitution forces, with no evident consensus about which way forward is either best or likely. The film’s examination of the sex industry in Sweden and New Zealand sheds further light on the situation at home.
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