Summary
In Bangkok, Thailand, women punch a clock and wait for clients in a brightly lit glass box; in the red-light district of Faridpur, Bangladesh, a madam haggles over the price of a teenage girl; and in the border town of Reynosa, Mexico, crack-addicted women pray to a deity named Lady Death.
Good for
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Solo watch
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+7)
Critics 81Audiences 74GoodWatch 76
Tomatometer88%
Metascore73
User score7.5
Audience score74%
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 50 min
Longer than most documentaries, +14 min on the typical 96
typical 96110Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 105 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+95Released
2011
September 9, 2011
15 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
BanglaFrenchEnglishThaiJapaneseSpanishMade in
Austria
France
Germany
Thailand
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesIntense
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 1
- Michael Glawogger Director, Writer
Camera · 1
- Wolfgang Thaler Director of Photography
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