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Minor Interest

CGiii Rating

Female Prostitution | Minor Gay Interest

Public Rating

Irina Palm

Country: UK, Language: English, 103 mins

Minor Interest | Drama | 2007
  • Director: Sam Garbarski
  • Writer: Martin Herron; Philippe Blasband
  • Producer: Christine Alderson; Karl Baumgartner

CGiii Comment

Surprisingly entertaining - considering the subject matter.

Faithful does well, Garbarski contains himself admirably.

It's CGiii value is minimal...but, it does give a very different view of the sex industry and its workers.

Money and sex...issues that affect all of us.

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The(ir) Blurb...

Maggie, a 50-year-old widow, desperately needs some money to pay for a medical treatment for her ill grandson. After one attempt at trying 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. Maggie courageously gets to know her first anonymous customers, eventually using Irina Palm as her stage name. Maggie, who applies herself in order to keep her job, fascinates Mickey.

Cast & Characters

Marianne Faithfull as Maggie / Irina Palm;
Miki Manojlovic as Miki;
Kevin Bishop as Tom;
Siobhan Hewlett as Sarah;
Dorka Gryllus as Luisa;
Jenny Agutter as Jane;
Corey Burke as Ollie;
Meg Wynn Owen as Julia;
Susan Hitch as Beth;
Flip Webster as Edith;
Tony O'Brien as Shopkeeper;
Jules Werner as Doctor;
Ann Queensberry as 1st Old Lady;
June Bailey as 2nd Old Lady;
Jonathan Coyne as Dave

IMDb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762110