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Call Girl (2012)

Call Girl poster
Directed by
Mikael Marcimain
Genre
drama film, thriller film, sexploitation film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
2h 20m
Rated
15
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 79 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1970s Sweden, a teenage girl becomes part of a prostitution ring connected to powerful politicians. The film follows how the scandal unfolds and affects those involved.

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What happens

Call Girl is a 2012 political thriller film directed by Mikael Marcimain and written by Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten. It stars Sofia Karemyr, Simon J. Berger and Josefin Asplund. The story is a fictionalised version of events based on the so-called Bordellhärvan political scandal of 1970s Sweden which linked several prominent politicians to a prostitution ring that included underage girls. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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