Maggie, a quiet retiring grandmother, finds herself helpless as her grandson’s health deteriorates. When one last chance appears, but money is desperately short, Maggie acts to raise the cash in a fashion that surprises everyone but her.
Acting
Marianne Faithfull's devastating restraint — every wrinkle tells a story.
Direction
Garbarski finds poetry in fluorescent-lit sex shop mundanity.
Director
Sam Garbarski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marianne Faithfull was 60 during filming; this was her first leading role in decades after her own notorious fall from grace in the 1960s.
The film sparked debates about whether it romanticizes sex work or simply refuses to shame the workers — Maggie's 'Irina Palm' pseudonym becomes her secret superpower.
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