Call Girl
- 2012
- Sweden/Norway/Finland/Ireland
- 140 min
- 18
- Directed by: Mikael Marcimain
- Written by: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
- Cast: Ruth Vega Fernandez, Pernilla August, David Dencik
- Language: Swedish
- UK release: 16 August 2013
The true story of how a prostitution scandal threatened to bring down Sweden's Social Democratic government in the 1970s. A timely story of a political class convinced of its own power and self-interest.
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The explosive story of underage prostitution amongst the Swedish elite in the 1970s.
Iris and Sonja are two young friends in a care home who like to smoke, drink and party. Eventually becoming exploited by a notorious brothel madam who supplies girls to the highest realms of the government, the girls are at the core of a sex scandal investigation that could rip Swedish politics apart. Based on real allegations and events, Call Girl is as controversial as it is unsettling.
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Call Girl
11 Jul 2013
Gripping Swedish thriller explores the ties between the political elite and a prostituion ring
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