Call Girl

Call Girl

Youth is seductive. Power is corrupt.

2012 · 140 min · ★ 6.4 · Thriller, Drama

Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.

Directed by Mikael Marcimain · Written by Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten

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