Tag: red-light district

  • Milk Money

    Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs — but then her car breaks down. It’s just as well, though, because a mobster named Waltzer is after her, and V realizes the suburbs are the perfect place to hide.…

  • Baptiste

    Battered by life, detective Julien Baptiste will investigate to the brink of obsession. Whatever the cost. Whatever it takes.

  • Tattoo

    Marc Schrader, a rookie cop caught red-handed with drugs in a police raid of an illegal rave, joins a homicide investigation conducted by Chief Inspector Minks. The victim is a naked young woman with the skin stripped off her back, killed as she staggered into traffic. As Schrader and Minks investigate the murder, the case…

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids

    Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better…

  • Princesses

    Caye is a young prostitute whose family is unaware of her profession. She meets her striking Dominican neighbour Zulema, an illegal immigrant, after she finds her in the bathroom, badly beaten up. They strike up a close friendship unbeknownst to Caye’s xenophobic co-workers.

  • Sexwork, Love & Mr Right

    Amsterdam’s world-famous red-light district is the fascinating backdrop to the story of plucky prostitute Lina as she searches for Mr Right. Lina thinks she has found true love with American punter Sean, but she may be treading a fine line between fantasy and reality. Could Sean be her Prince Charming or will she end up…

  • The Golden Glove

    A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.