Based on a true story, the film takes its inspiration from the opposition protest Xu Tong’s Wheat Harvest met. The screening of a documentary about sex workers brings the heroine lots of troubles. A new NGO social worker helps her out and fights for her rights. However, their relationship becomes more and more personal. In the hot summer, they are alone in a cramped room...
Based on a true story, the film takes its inspiration from the opposition protest Xu Tong’s Wheat Harvest met. The screening of a documentary about sex workers brings the heroine lots of troubles. A new NGO social worker helps her out and fights for her rights. However, their relationship becomes more and more personal. In the hot summer, they are alone in a cramped room...
2015-03-24
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Interweaving stories of four different women involved in the sex industry offers a glimpse into the dark underbelly of Los Angeles and the taboo lifestyle of a sex worker. A teen runaway, single mother and two career escorts interconnect through their own personal journeys filled with loss, betrayal and the struggle to survive. Written by anonymous
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Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. But one day Juha is fired from his job. Ashamed, he weaves a web of lies to hide the fact from his family. With the help of his friend Olli, Juha begins prostituting himself to support his wife and children. With this he makes in two hours what it took him two days to earn before. The shame and deception mushroom, but the pay from the new profession seems to offset the downside.
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Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
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