Loosely based on true events, which caused a political scandal in Sweden in 1976 - Call Girl aka 'Kol Gerla' as it's known to its native Sweden, is a smart edgy drama which can rival any Anglo/Western political thriller, such as Argo or Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
The story follows 2 teenage girls who from quite underprivileged backgrounds, eagerly get recruited by the Madam Dagmar Glans (Pernilla August), owner of a high-socitey escort business, who's clientele include members of the Swedish government, foreign elites to gang-masters. Dagmar wine's & dines the naive girls with lavish gifts, and seduces them to work the members of high-status.
The girls soon want out of the sleazy business of entertaining, but Madam Dagmar has other intentions for them.
The Madam's actives soon catch the attention of the police, with her every movement monitored, and now has to use her all telling black book of powerful clients as blackmail to stop the investigation against her.
Winning much praise at the Toronto film festival, Call Girl reminds us of how high-class escorts have been entangled within the political seen for years, used as pawns for deal making to having top officials resign, it's a story all to familiar in modern day politics.
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