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Irina Palm

Director(s):	Sam Garbarski
Producer(s):	SAMSA FILM Entre Chien et Loup (BE), Pallas Film (DE), Ipso Facto Films Ltd (UK), Liaison Cinématographique (FR), Ateliers de Baere (BE), RTBF (BE)
Script:	Philippe Blasband, Martin Herron
Year:	2007
Form:	FICTION - Feature film
Genre:	Drama
Original version:	English
Running time:	98
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Synopsis

Maggie, a 50-year-old widow - still faithful to her dead husband, desperately needs some money to pay for a medical treatment for her ill grandson. After several unfruitful attempts to find a job, Maggie finds herself roaming the streets of London Soho. Her eye is caught by a small poster in the window of a 'shop' called Sexy World which reads: Hostess wanted. Too desperate and lost to realize what she does she enters. Micky, the owner, is embarrassed at first, but intrigued by Maggie, he decides to have fun and offers her the job. Under the pseudonym of Irina Palm, Maggie courageously gets to know her first anonymous customers. Micky observes his recruit. Maggie, who applies herself in order to keep her job, fascinates him. When she does something, she makes sure she does it well.

Casting

Marianne FAITHFULL
Miki MANOJLOVIC
Kevin BISHOP
Siobhan HEWLETT
Dorka GRYLLUS
Jules WERNER

Crew

DOP : Christophe Beaucarne
Sound : Pascal Jasmes, Ingrid Ralet, Thomas Gauder
Music : Ghinzu
Editor : Ludo Troch
Script : Kerensa Burton
Set decorations : Véronique Sacrez
Costume design : Anushia Nieradzik
Make up : Katja Reinert
Casting : Leo Davis, Nathanièle Esther

Nominations & Awards

Price of the best Luxembourgish coproduction at 'Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis', 2007
Official Competition Berlin International Film Festival 2007

International sales

Pyramide International

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