Le commerce du sexe

Le commerce du sexe

2015 · 76 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary, Drama

Over the past thirty years and with the rise of the Internet, the sex trade has grown globally until it has become a real industry today. Luxury or street prostitution, escort agencies, massage parlors, dance bars, the pornography industry or sex tourism ... But who really benefits from this trade which turns women's bodies into a merchandise that can be exploited at mercy? The sex trade offers a foray into a brutal world where the main actors trivialize the scope of their actions, reducing sexual exploitation to the level of a simple transaction.

Directed by Eve Lamont

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