Une femme du monde (2021)
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Laure Calamy, Nissim Renard, Béatrice Facquer, Romain Brau, Diana Korudzhiyska
To fund her teenage son's culinary education, a Strasbourg sex worker seeks work across the border in a German brothel.
The story
In Strasbourg, Marie has worked independently as a prostitute for twenty years, with her own stretch of sidewalk, regulars and freedom, though business has become difficult since a French law took effect. She is raising her 17-year-old son, Adrien, alone; he dreams of becoming a chef. Hoping to secure his future, Marie wants to send him to a prestigious private hospitality school, but she cannot afford the enrollment fees. She must find the money before the school year begins or Adrien will not be able to enroll. Marie decides to cross the border into Germany to work in a brothel, where prostitution is legal and regulated.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In Strasbourg, Marie has been working independently as a prostitute for twenty years. She has her own stretch of sidewalk, her regulars and her freedom, even though business has become difficult since a French law came into force. She is raising her only son, Adrien, 17, on her own. He dreams of becoming a chef. To secure his future, Marie wants to send him to a prestigious private hospitality school. But the enrollment fees are [amount unspecified], a sum Marie does not have. She needs money, and fast: if she does not pay the fees before the start of the school year, her son will not be able to enroll at this renowned school. She then crosses the border between France and Germany to work as a prostitute in a brothel in Germany, where prostitution is legal and regulated. There she discovers working conditions very different from what she knew in France. In addition, her financial situation does not improve. [...]
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