Personal Services (1987)

105 min · Komödie, biographical film, comedy film

Popularity4/5

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Directors

Terry Jones

Cast

Julie Walters, Shirley Stelfox, Alec McCowen, Danny Schiller, Tim Woodward, Victoria Hardcastle, Benjamin Whitrow, Ian McNeice, Michelle Collins

The story

Christine Painter is a sexually naïve waitress and single mother who pays for her teenage son David's tuition by renting London flats to call girls. When a landlord confronts her for illegally subletting the flats and falling behind on the rent, Christine gives him a handjob in lieu of rent. After one of her "tenants", Rose, refuses to pay rent, Christine realises she can do sex work herself in the flat Rose abandons.

Catalogue themes and tags

Accusal, Court, Defendant, Experience, Fetishism, Horizontales Gewerbe, Mann in Frauenkleidern, Prozess, Punter, S/M, Schulden, Sklavinnen, Sub-letter, Transsexualism, whore house, Parody, Docudrama, Satire, Drama, Comedy, Biopic [feature]

Genres

Komödie, biographical film, comedy film

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