Streetwalker

Streetwalker

A movie that presents us without concessions a problem that everyone is silent about but that everyone knows!

1951 · 98 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama, Crime

In Mexico City, two sisters live radically different lives: Maria, who—along with her supportive group of fellow sex workers—must deal with unscrupulous, abusive clients and her exploitative pimp, Rudy, and Elena, a society woman trapped in a marriage of convenience, who falls prey to Rudy’s fortune-seeking seduction.

Directed by Matilde Landeta · Written by Matilde Landeta

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