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Girls for Pleasure

1970 · 95 min

A dry, clinical documentary that observes street life and police procedure from a detached distance, informative but emotionally cool.

Directed by
Jean-Claude Roy
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Valérie Boisgel, Betty Berr, Fabienne Arel
Overview
Description of a "hot street" and police methods: "raids", role of police assistants to stop the development of prostitution and "Nests", private works to rehabilitate prostitutes to normal life by teaching them a job.

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Directed by
Jean-Claude Roy
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Valérie Boisgel, Betty Berr, Fabienne Arel
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • work
    • class
    • power
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex strong
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Jean-Claude Roy
    Starring
    Valérie Boisgel, Betty Berr, Fabienne Arel, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Claudine Delvaux, Line Arnel, Béatrice Cardon, Nathalie Dalyan
    Runtime
    95 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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