The world's oldest profession still has its secrets.
A journalist tries to balance the duties of marriage and motherhood while researching a piece on college women who work as prostitutes to pay their tuition.
Sadist client
The film's tagline is: "The world's oldest profession still has its secrets."
The film had a budget of $4.0M but only grossed $911.5K, losing $3.1M at the box office.
The runtime is 96 minutes (1h 36m).
The film features dialogue in 3 languages: Polish, French, English.
It was a co-production between: France, Germany, Poland.
The film was directed by Małgorzata Szumowska.
The screenplay was written by Tine Byrckel and Małgorzata Szumowska.
The score was composed by Paweł Mykietyn.
Cinematography was handled by Michał Englert.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt1549589.
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Mixed
195 votes
Elles
Released
NC-17
Polski, Français, English
France, Germany, Poland
$4,000,000
$911,466
