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Prostitution

2016 · 79 min

A grim, unrelenting descent into exploitation and desperation that is hard to watch and leaves little relief.

Directed by
Lee Sang-woo
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Ahn So-hee, Baek Se-ri, Tae-Hyeon Min
Overview
Soo-hyeon and Hye-ji are sitting on a pile of debt thanks to their husband and father who ran away in the middle of the night. Tae-san the loan shark demands the money no matter what. He rapes the mother and daughter and requires them to join prostitution. They survive day by day selling themselves until one day, Tae-san suggests a way they can clean slate over one night and that is for the mother and daughter to have the most extreme sex with one man.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Lee Sang-woo
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Ahn So-hee, Baek Se-ri, Tae-Hyeon Min
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • survival
    • power
    • betrayal
    • trauma
    • class
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language strong
    • Violence strong
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror4
    Humour0
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension7
    Darkness9
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight9

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, romance
    Directed by
    Lee Sang-woo
    Starring
    Ahn So-hee, Baek Se-ri, Tae-Hyeon Min, Soo-ho Kang, Kim Beom-jik
    Runtime
    79 min
    Country
    South Korea
    Languages
    Korean

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