Whores' Glory

The way it presents the three different locations suggests some interesting things about what may be inherent to the sex trade versus what may be a result of the particulars of the economics and culture in which it arises. It also has quite a bit of access. Finally, I'd be remiss not to mention how much I loved the one retired Mexican prostitute's interview. "Once the ice is in there, they bleat like goats."

Dirty business, particularly the lower down the totem pole you go.

Interesting premise for a documentary which is well shot but there are entire parts of it that are scripted and staged. The Bangkok massage parlor scenes are very dubious in its authenticity especially with the interaction of the girls and punters. As an abstract piece of film showing prostitution in these third world countries it successfully captures the mood and environment. But as a documentary it lacks honesty in its presentation especially with the subjects it supposedly gives voice to.

Apart from a somewhat over-staged sex-scene(that still feels kind of real) this is one of the most frightening fly-on-the-wall experiences i have ever endured. Especially the child-brothel in Bangladesh is as terrifying as it sounds. What really makes this an achievement is the way it makes every brothel-location look absurd in its on way. Take the Bangkok whores, who decide they want to visit the male prostitutes for kicks after work. Now that's messing with my reality.

dat music doe

Quite powerful in all it's bruteness and honesty. Doesn't point fingers, just a spotlight.

Haunting, beautiful, sad.

The Bangladesh segment alone is better than all of "Born Into Brothels."

Probably the best documentary about prostitution

needs less interviews, more of those atmospheric musical sections. thing rarely lives up to the opening in its attempts to examine the nature of body commodification in relation to different cultural contexts.

Star Rating: ★★★★

By turns surprising and unnerving.

Buh, quite uneasy, especially the part in Bangladesh. There's nothing glamorous about prostitution at all.

"While the director does make overtures in the wrong directions, he usually seems to know where to steer his material." - Jesse Cataldo

Hard to watch. Makes you lose faith in humanity more than anything. And I don't like the directors opinion that crusade against prostitution is mindless. Prostitution is not a honest job, even bankers and advertisers are more productive members of society.

Well done and immensely depressing. Bangladesh just about broke me.

The film spends its run time oscillating between an aching sadness and harrowing terror. The women (and, it breaks my heart to say, young girls) depicted are dehumanized regularly by everyone around them, and they tragically accept their lot. It's soul crushing to see people so young so completely broken by their conditions. The dreamy musical interludes detract from the very real and frightening human drama, and some events felt acted, but this is otherwise a scary, depressing documentary.

There's big chunks that are clearly scripted and chunks that are staged - clients wouldn't be filmed and not even remark on the camera so it's got to be staged so it's not really a documentary is it. Then there's the problem of only focusing on brothels - prostitution in 3rd world brothels does not represent all prostitutes

Haunting, especially the Bangladesh section.