Irina Palm

Maggie needs money urgently. Her grandson is seriously ill in hospital, and the medication that could save his life is way beyond what his parents can afford. She will have to come up with an idea soon if she is to give her son and daughter-in-law fresh hope. Desperate, Maggie, a middle-class Londoner in her mid-fifties, finds herself responding to a temptingly lucrative job offer at a sex club.At “Sexy World”, the shy but sprightly widow meets the club’s charming manager, Miki, who gently introduces her to her tasks as a “hostess”. Her new colleague, Luisa, acquaints her with the rules of the game and, before long, the conscientious Maggie becomes the much sought after and well-paid “Irina Palm”.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Script: Martin Herron, Philippe Blasband (based on the original script by Philippe Blasband)

Cinematography: Christophe Beaucarne

Editing: Ludo Troch

Sound: Pascal Jasmes,Thomas Gauder

Music: Ghinzu, Καλλιτεχνική διεύθυνση: Veronique Sacrez

Actors: Marianne Faithfull (Maggie), Miki Manojlovic (Miki), Kevin Bishop (Tom), Siobhan Hewlett (Sarah), Dorka Gryllus (Luisa), Jenny Agutter (Jane), Corey Burke (Olly), Meg Wynn-Owen (Julia), Susan Hitch (B

Production: Entre Chien et Loup, Pallas Film, Samsa Film, Ipso Facto, Liaison Cinematographique, Ateliers de Baere, RTBF TV, with the support of the MEDIA Program

Producers: Sebastien Delloye, Diana Elbaum, Thanassis Karathanos, Karl Baumgartner, Jani Thiltges, Claude Waringo, Christine Alderson

Costumes: Anushia Nieradzik

Format: 35mm, Color

Production Country: Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, U.K., France,

Production Year: 2007

Duration: 103

Sam Garbarski

He was born in Krailing near Munich in 1948. He moved to Belgium at the age of 22. After over 20 years of heading his own advertising agency, he turned to directing commercials in 1997. He directed more than 50 commercials, many of them award-winners in Cannes, New York and London. His debut feature film, The Rashevski Tango, was presented in numerous festivals and won the Jerusalem Municipality Prize at the 2004 Jerusalem FF. Irina Palm was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin IFF 2007.