An escort girl gets the opportunity to inherit 6 million euros from a wealthy old and sick man by marrying him. Unfortunately things don't always go as planned.
Acting
Rifka Lodeizen's ice-cold desperation is magnetic.
Direction
Ketelaar squeezes tension from cheap apartments.
Director
Frank Ketelaar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was director Frank Ketelaar's feature debut after years in Dutch television — you can tell by the soap-opera pacing that somehow works.
The film quietly critiques Netherlands' sex work legalization by showing how economic desperation persists regardless of labor rights. Chantal's 'choice' was never really free.