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Completed - ENGLISH - Drama

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2006 (Debut)
Full history

Year of production : 2007

Director(s) : Sam GARBARSKI
Writer(s) : Martin HERRON, Philippe BLASBAND
Cast : Marianne FAITHFULL, Miki MANOJLOVIC, Kevin BISHOP, Siobhan HEWLETT

Producer(s) : Sébastien DELLOYE (Entre Chien et Loup), Jani THILTGES (Samsa Film), Christine ALDERSON (Ipso Facto Films), Thanassis KARATHANOS (Pallas Films)

Synopsis

Maggie, a 50-year-old widow - still faithful to her dead husband, desperately needs some money to pay for a medical treatment for her ill grandson. After several unfruitful attempts to find a job, Maggie finds herself roaming the streets of London Soho. Her eye is caught by a small poster in the window of a ‘shop' called “Sexy World” which reads: "Hostess wanted". Too desperate and lost to realize what she does she enters.
Micky, the owner, is embarrassed at first, but intrigued by Maggie, he decides to have fun and offers her the job. Under the pseudonym of Irina Palm, Maggie courageously gets to know her first anonymous customers. Micky observes his recruit. Maggie, who applies herself in order to keep her job, fascinates him. When she does something, she makes sure she does it well

Production

Country(ies) : BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY

Start of shooting : December 2005

BELGIUM RTBF
BELGIUM PARADISO FILMED
DENMARK May 02, 2008 MIRACLE FILM DI
ESTONIA TALLINNFILM
FRANCE May 09, 2007 PYRAMIDE DISTRI
GERMANY X VERLEIH AG
ITALY TEODORA FILM
JAPAN CREST INTERNATI
JAPAN TOKYU BUNKAMURA
POLAND CANAL+ POLAND S
PORTUGAL ATALANTA FILMES
ROMANIA Jan 25, 2008 TRANSILVANIA FI
SPAIN GOLEM DISTRIBUC
SWITZERLAN FILMCOOPI ZURIC
USA STRAND RELEASIN

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