Whores' Glory (2011)

An examination of the lives, needs, troubles and hopes of prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico.

Director:

Michael Glawogger

Writer:

Michael Glawogger (screenplay)

Stars:

Emma, Ning, Toh

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Emma	...	Herself (Bangkok)
Ning	...	Herself (Bangkok)
Toh	...	Himself (Bangkok)
Wat	...	Himself (Bangkok)
Palm	...	Himself (Bangkok)
Lolita	...	Herself (Faridpur) (as Mina)
Jhorna	...	Herself (Faridpur)
Ruma	...	Herself (Faridpur)

Storyline

WHORES' GLORY is a cinematic triptych on prostitution: three countries, three languages, three religions. In Thailand, women wait for clients behind glass panes, staring at reflections of themselves. In Bangladesh, men go to a ghetto of love to satisfy their unfulfilled desires on indentured girls. And in Mexico, women pray to a female death to avoid facing their own reality. In worlds where the most intimate act has become a commodity, these women have physically and emotionally experienced everything that can happen between a man and a woman. For this they have always received money, but it has not made their lives rich in anything but stories.

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Plot Keywords:

penetration scene | leg spreading | female frontal nudity | bare breasts | vulva | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Director's website [Austria] (German, English) Official Facebook

Country:

Germany Austria

Language:

German French English Thai Japanese Spanish Bengali

Release Date:

27 April 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Chwala dziwkom

Filming Locations:

Thailand

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,358, 29 April 2012, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$31,313, 11 November 2012

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lotus Film,Quinte Film GmbH,Living Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Whores' Glory (2011) is the third and final part in Michael Glawogger's 'globalization trilogy', the other parts being Megacities (1998) and Workingman's Death (2005).

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Connections

Featured in Docventures: Seksi (2013)

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Soundtracks

Gema
Performed by El Quinteto de la Zona

User Reviews

Sad And Depressing

Whores' Glory is told in three segments which begins in Bangkok, Thailand at a strange place which looks like a hotel with a room with long benches where the girls sit with numbered buttons and are chosen by customers looking through a window. It is all extremely depressing and sad. The camera follows the young women as they casually discuss everyday problems with boyfriends and other mundane matters. The johns talk about their wives and the need to escape the boredom of marriage. At least Bangkok is clean, whereas the next location in the City of God in Bangladesh is beyond filthy. The brothel district is a dirty and congested area where the whores are packed together in attached stone buildings which are impossible to describe. The poverty is overwhelming. The final city is in Mexico in a place called the red zone. Some of the hookers are in the street, while most are standing at the door of motel rooms attempting to lure men. There is some nudity here, and we finally see a sexual encounter which as cold as ice. In the end, the almost two hour length of the documentary is painful to watch, as no one at all will ever escape their tragic lives.