Whores’ Glory

A documentary triptych about the everyday lives of sex workers in three very different places. In the "Fish Tank" in Bangkok, Thailand (where prostitution does not officially exist), girls sit behind a pane of glass and are selected by number. The "City of Joy" in Faridpur, Bangladesh, is a huge brothel where hundreds of prostitutes live and work in a confined space with their children. In the "Zona de tolerancia" of Reynosa, Mexico, the customers slowly circle the dirt streets in their cars while keeping an eye out. In his visually stunning film, Glawogger also relates "three different cultures, three different social weightings, three different religions" to one another without comment or prejudice, thus revealing connections that go far beyond the "theme" and the social aspect: "It is also much more a film about sexuality or the man-woman relationship in certain cultures than it is a film about whores. Although it is also a movie about whores." (Christoph Huber)

Photo: Austrian Film Museum