Call Girl (2012)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Call girl |
| Country of production | Sweden |
| original language | Swedish |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 140 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mikael Marcimain |
| script | Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten |
| production | Mimmi Spång |
| music | Mattias Bärjed |
| camera | Hoyte van Hoytema |
| cut | Kristofer Nordin |
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Call Girl is a Swedish drama from 2012. The film is based on the real-life "Bordellhärvan" scandal in the 1970s, in which various key Swedish politicians were linked to a prostitution scandal involving underage girls . In what was then Stockholm , progressive ideas such as women's rights movements and the sexual revolution played a major role.
action
Fourteen-year-old Iris regularly runs away from home and ends up in a youth home. The teenager often secretly goes to town with her friend Sonja in the evenings. When she meets Ms. Dagmar Glans, she is recruited for her prostitution business. Dagmar delivers beautiful young girls to rich and powerful men, such as high-ranking politicians.
The other storyline shows how the young police officer John Sandberg investigates Dagmar's escort agency. In doing so, however, he is disturbed and even threatened with death.
reception
The film was generally well received and won the FIPRESCI Discovery Award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2012. At the Stockholm International Film Festival in November 2012 it won the Audience Award. At the Guldbagge Awards on January 21, 2013, Call Girl was nominated eleven times and won four times (for best camera, best production design, best sound and best costume design).
The film style has often been compared to that of Dame, König, As, Spion , in which both director Marcimain and cameraman Van Hoytema were involved.
controversy
The film was controversial in Sweden because the plot was based on rumors of prostitution about Justice Minister Lennart Geijer . In addition, the film gives the impression that Prime Minister Olof Palme had sex with underage prostitutes. Palme's son tried to sue the filmmakers, but the lawsuit was dismissed as unfounded. The scene with the fictional prime minister was later heavily cut.
Web links
- Call Girl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kevin Toma: Call Girl. De Volkskrant , April 4, 2013, accessed December 29, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c Joshua Chaplinsky: Film Comment Selects 2013 Review: CALL GIRL Is Much More Than The Story Of A 14 Year Old Prostitute. Twitch, March 6, 2013, accessed December 29, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c André Nientied: Call Girl - Mikael Marcimain. NU.nl , April 3, 2013, accessed December 29, 2013 .
- ^ John DeFore: Call Girl: Toronto Review. The Hollywood Reporter , September 11, 2012, accessed December 29, 2013 .
- ↑ M. Kremer: Recensie: Call Girl. SpitsNieuws , April 4, 2013, accessed December 29, 2013 .