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| Juliette Binoche | ... | Anne | |
| Anaïs Demoustier | ... | Charlotte | |
| Joanna Kulig | ... | Alicja | |
| Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | ... | Patrick | |
| Krystyna Janda | ... | La mère d'Anne | |
| Andrzej Chyra | ... | Le client sadique | |
| Ali Marhyar | ... | Saïd | |
| Jean-Marie Binoche | ... | Le père d'Anne | |
| François Civil | ... | Florent | |
| Pablo Beugnet | ... | Stéphane | |
| Valérie Dréville | ... | La mère de Charlotte | |
| Jean-Louis Coulloc'h | ... | Le père de Charlotte | |
| Arthur Moncla | ... | Thomas | |
| Scali Delpeyrat | ... | Charles | |
| Laurence Ragon | ... | Colette | |
| Alain Libolt | ... | Le mari de Colette | |
| Swann Arlaud | ... | Le jeune client | |
| Nicolas Layani | ... | Le client guitare | |
| Laurent Jumeaucourt | ... | Le client grain de beauté | |
| José Fumanal | ... | Le client qui pleure | |
| Martine Vandeville | ... | La secrétaire université | |
| Jenny Bellay | ... | La voisine retraitée | |
| Tom Hénin | ... | L'ami de Florent | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Anaïs Fabre | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Mateusz Kosciukiewicz | ... | (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Malgorzata Szumowska | (as Malgoska Szumowska) | ||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Tine Byrckel | written by | |
| Malgorzata Szumowska | written by (as Malgoska Szumowska) | |
Produced by | |||
| Daniel Blum | .... | co-producer | |
| Bettina Brokemper | .... | co-producer | |
| Reinhold Elschot | .... | co-producer | |
| Peter Garde | .... | co-producer | |
| Olivier Guerbois | .... | line producer | |
| Peter Aalbæk Jensen | .... | co-producer | |
| Agnieszka Kurzydlo | .... | co-producer | |
| Johannes Rexin | .... | line producer | |
| Beata Ryczkowska | .... | co-producer | |
| Marianne Slot | .... | producer | |
| Malgorzata Szumowska | .... | co-producer (as Malgoska Szumowska) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Pawel Mykietyn | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Michal Englert | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Jacek Drosio | |||
| Françoise Tourmen | |||
Casting by | |||
| Aurélie Guichard | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Pauline Bourdon | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Katarzyna Lewinska | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Cédric Gérard | .... | makeup artist | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Nicolas Cambois | .... | first assistant director | |
| Jean-Christophe Garcia | .... | trainee assistant director | |
| Boris Vassallo | .... | third assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Stephanie Laurent Delarue | .... | first assistant art director | |
| Jonathan Israel | .... | ripper | |
| Martin Tronquart | .... | property master | |
Sound Department | |||
| Ivan Dumas | .... | boom operator | |
| Matthias Lempert | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| André Rigaut | .... | sound mixer | |
Casting Department | |||
| Mathilde Snodgrass | .... | casting assistant | |
| Boris Vassallo | .... | extras casting | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Olivia Lahougue | .... | costumer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Xavier Sirven | .... | assistant editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Rüdiger Jordan | .... | location scout: Germany | |
| Antje Krumm | .... | production press | |
Thanks | |||
| Christina Bentlage | .... | thanks | |
| Petra Müller | .... | thanks | |
| Arthur Simonini | .... | thanks | |
| Jeremy Zall | .... | special thanks | |
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Polish screenwriter, producer and director Malgorzata Szumowska's fourth feature film which she co-wrote with Danish French-based psychoanalyst, journalist and screenwriter Tine Byrckel and co-produced, is somewhat based on stories from real-life prostitutes which the director met as part of her research. It premiered in the Special Presentations section at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival in 2011, was screened in the Spotlight section at the 11th Tribeca Film Festival in 2012, in the Panorama section at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in 2012 and is a Poland-France-Germany co-production which was shot in Paris, France and Cologne, Germany and produced by Danish-French producer Marianne Slot. It tells the story about Anne, a journalist for the worldwide fashion magazine Elle who lives in Paris with her husband Patrick and their two adolescent sons Florent and Stephane. Anne is doing an article about female student prostitution and is enlightened when she meets a French woman named Charlotte and a Polish woman named Alicja who explicitly tells her about their experiences with their clients.
Finely and intimately directed by Polish filmmaker Malgorzata Szumowska, this quietly paced fictional tale which is narrated from the viewpoints of a driven reporter and two young call girls, draws a somewhat engaging portrayal of a middle-aged woman who after getting to know and becoming intrigued by a lifestyle that is very foreign to that of her own, begins to care more about the theme of her article than her own family. While notable for it's at times atmospheric, bleak and mostly interior milieu depictions, fine production design by production designer Pauline Bourdon and cinematography by Polish cinematographer Michal Englert, this character-driven and dialog-driven independent film depicts a dense study of character and contains a good score by Polish composer Pawel Mykietin.
This at times graphic and as intended dispassionate and unattractive story about young women who supports their high-class lifestyles by pleasing the repulsive sexual fantasies of mostly married male clients who are old enough to be their fathers and how their stories and perceptions of their chosen profession affects an outsider's view on them and her own way of life, is impelled and reinforced by it's fragmented narrative structure, subtle character development, multiple viewpoints, evasive characters and the credible acting performances by French actress Juliette Binoche, Polish actress Johanna Kulig, French actress Anaïs Demoustier and French screenwriter, director and actor Louis-Do de Lencquesaing. This unsentimental erotic drama where the suspense is centred on wehther or not the protagonist's fascination and empathy for the sex workers will seduce and instigate her to risk losing her family, commendably attempts to create new perspectives on a theme that has been thoroughly examined in many other fictional and non-fictional feature films.