Irina Palm
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Irina Palm

Sam Garbarski
Year of release in Luxembourg 2007
Year of release in Luxembourg 2007
Director Sam Garbarski
Luxembourg producer SAMSA FILM
In co-production with
  • Entre Chien et Loup (BE)
  • Pallas Film (DE)
  • Ipso Facto Films Ltd (UK)
  • Liaison Cinématographique (FR)
  • Ateliers de Baere (BE)
  • RTBF (BE)
Script Philippe Blasband, Martin Herron
Original version
  • English
Duration 98 minutes
International sales

Pyramide International 

Cast and crew
Cast

    Marianne FAITHFULL
    Miki MANOJLOVIC
    Kevin BISHOP
    Siobhan HEWLETT
    Dorka GRYLLUS
    Jules WERNER

Crew

    DOP : Christophe Beaucarne
    Sound : Pascal Jasmes, Ingrid Ralet, Thomas Gauder
    Music : Ghinzu
    Editor : Ludo Troch
    Script  : Kerensa Burton
    Set decorations : Véronique Sacrez
    Costume design : Anushia Nieradzik
    Make up : Katja Reinert
    Casting : Leo Davis, Nathanièle Esther 

Synopsis

Maggie, a 50-year-old widow – still faithful to her dead husband, desperately needs some money to pay for a medical treatment for her ill grandson. After several unfruitful attempts to find a job, Maggie finds herself roaming the streets of London Soho. Her eye is caught by a small poster in the window of a ‘shop’ called Sexy World which reads: Hostess wanted. Too desperate and lost to realize what she does she enters. Micky, the owner, is embarrassed at first, but intrigued by Maggie, he decides to have fun and offers her the job. Under the pseudonym of Irina Palm, Maggie courageously gets to know her first anonymous customers. Micky observes his recruit. Maggie, who applies herself in order to keep her job, fascinates him. When she does something, she makes sure she does it well.

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