Tells several stories of sex work around the world. The documentary revolves around the lives and individual hopes, needs and experiences of the women.
Austrian documentarian Michael Glawogger takes his cameras to three red-light districts around the world, and finds life is miserable for the women who work in the world's oldest profession - and for the men who pay cash for sex.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
27 Apr 2012
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A daring, novelistic and unforgettable account of the real lives of female prostitutes in three very different countries and social contexts.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
28 Apr 2012
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To experience it is to be haunted by the bleakness and ugliness of prostitution, the hopeless trap of it, and the defeat of love that it represents.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
24 May 2012
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Glawogger has the good sense mostly to stay out of the way and let the material speak for itself.
– Mark Feeney,
Boston Globe,
14 Jun 2012
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"Whores' Glory" takes a deadpan, nonjudgmental approach, which generally works well, even if the fly-on-the-wall technique makes clear that what attracts flies usually stinks.