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1) East of Eden
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of Californias Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two familiesthe Trasks and the Hamiltonswhose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel....
Series
Criterion collection volume 49
Publisher
Home Vision Cinema
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
The story of a Roman prostitute who tries to bear up as best she can under the humiliating and dangerous conditions in which she must ply her trade.
6) Pretty woman
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A successful corporate mogul meets an independent and carefree prostitute. He teaches her about the finer things in life and she teaches him that love could be the best investment he ever made.
Author
Language
English
Description
Donaldina Cameron arrived at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895 intending to teach sewing skills to young Chinese women immigrants. She discovers that the job is much more complicated than perfect stitches and even hems. San Francisco has a dark side, one where a powerful underground organization-- the criminal tong-- brings Chinese young women to America to sell them as slaves. With the help of Chinese interpreters and the Chinatown police...
9) La chienne
Series
Criterion collection volume 818
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, known as Lulu on the street, and makes her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dédé, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dédé's needs of money.
10) Mighty Aphrodite
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Description
When a sportswriter tries to track down the mother of his adopted son, he discovers she is a prostitute and pornographic film star.
11) Belle Cora
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A sweeping historical tale based on the life and times of the daughter of a New York merchant finds the orphaned Belle suffering at the hands of a rival cousin before working as a prostitute and transforming herself repeatedly to win the love and life she desires.
12) The naked kiss
Series
Publisher
Classic Collection
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
A former prostitute, hoping to fit into mainstream society, moves to an all-American suburb, but her past comes back to haunt her.
13) The red lily
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Seeking a better life in Paris, Jean (Ramon Novarro) and Marise (Enid Bennett) plan to meet at a specific time and place. When circumstances intervene, the two lovers miss their rendezvous, never reunite and are destined to lead separate lives that become more and more degrading. Marise turns to prositution and Jean succumbs to the delightful debauchery of a thief named Bo-Bo (Wallace Beery ...). Heatthrob Novarro and delicate Bennett make a magical...
Series
Criterion collection volume 708
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
Over a period of two days, a young prostitute and a widower develop an unexpected connection.
15) Strange cargo
Series
Joan Crawford collection volume 2
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Through impenetrable jungles. Across perilous swamps. Desperate for a second chance at life, a band of Devil's Island felons and a tough-as-nails prostitute struggle toward freedom. Film giants Gable and Crawford team for the eighth and last time in this gripping story that explores the lures of the flesh and the transcendence of the spirit. Fighting each other and the elements, the stars imbue this provocative adventure with audacity, power and passion....
16) La chienne
Series
Criterion collection volume 818
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Description
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, known as Lulu on the street, and makes her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dédé, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dédé's needs of money.
17) One take only
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Thai
Description
When Som and Bank meet for the first time in the sprawling metropolis of Bangkok, they are strangers. Bank doesn't know that Som is a hooker, and Som doesn't know Bank is a drug dealer. Soon they become partners, and the drug deals they make bring them a kind of wealth they have never known. With a taste for the highlife, they plan a deal that will make them rich beyond their wildest imagination. But they soon find the price they pay, may be way...
20) The red kimona
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
A vulnerable young woman, whose blind trust in a man leads her into a New Orleans bordello, endures the hardships of that life, but is eventually driven to murdering her lover. A sympathetic jury acquits her and after a period of hardship she ultimately finds happiness.
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