2012 · drama · crime · thriller
Call Girl
Directed by Mikael Marcimain2h 20m2012
Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.
Our read: Call Girl (2012) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · crime · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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