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Hotel Angel (1974)

Hotel Angel poster
Original title
เทพธิดาโรงแรม
Directed by
Chatrichalerm Yugala
Genre
exploitation film
Country
Thailand
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
R
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in Bangkok gets drawn into the sex trade. The movie follows her experiences there.

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What happens

Hotel Angel (Thai: เทพธิดาโรงแรม, or Theptida rong ram, also known as Angel) is a 1974 Thai drama film directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol, about a young woman (Viyada Umarin) who becomes involved in the sex trade in Bangkok. The film was premiered on 2 March 1974. Director Yukol spent nine months in a brothel researching the plot. During filming demonstrations broke out in Ratchadamnoen Avenue, Bangkok; part of the 1973 Thai popular uprising. Yukol left the studio and filmed the demonstrations, part of this footage was used in the film. The film was inducted into the Thai National Heritage list of films in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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