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AKA: Masz na imie Justine
Year: 2005
Directed by: Franco de Pena
Starring: Anna Cieslak (Mariola/Justine), Arno Frisch (Niko), Rafal Mackowiak (Artur), Mathieu Carrière (Gunter), Dominique Pinon (Uncle Goran)
Country: Luxembourg/Poland
Language: Polish, German, English (English Subtitles)
Runtime: 01:35:01
Genres: Human Trafficking-Prostitution, Captivity-Kidnapping, Rape-Sexual-Violence against Women, Women In Prison
Plot – Spoilers:
Anna Cieslak in her debut performance is quite impressive as Mariola, a young Polish girl who’s just landed a job at a local ham factory in her small town. She lives with her granny and for the most part her life is simple, naive and giggly with her two girl friends. But there is an inescapable desire to move away to the brighter cities. So it seems like destiny has come calling when Artur, a childhood friend who’d moved to Germany years back, returns. Artur was bullied by the girls due to his stammering problem but is a different story altogether now – charming and the gatekeeper of a brighter future it would seem.
So Mariola doesn’t hesitate for a second when Artur asks her to come away with him to Cologne to meet his family. There’s a spring in her step when she lies to her gran about going on vacation with her friends and instead drives into Germany with Artur. She’s in for a horrific shock though, when she realizes she’s been conned like many young East European girls into the booming flesh trade.
Favourite Scenes:
1. The ‘breaking’ scenes are thought provoking. It would seem like the time-tested tradition of threat-to-your-family is the only thing guaranteed to work. It’s also ironic when you learn at the end that Mariola’s grandmother had actually died within a week or two of her leaving, and that her reason for complying was a wasted efforts By the end of the movie, happiness seems to have been sucked out of Mariola, but the presence of her old friends suggests that time could be the cliched healer.
It’s a really good film with a depressing and miserable story. The big problem I had (with this version anyway) is when they are speaking in German the interpreter is speaking in Polish while I’m reading the English subtitles. It makes it much less “fun” to watch. The revenge was sweet. The pimp got away but his days were numbered anyway. 3 and a half stars.
there is a lot of movies about prostitution and its problems but this one hits hard.. cried at the end
Absolutne nudy. Ona glupia, bezmozgowa
Three little piggies and this one should have definitely stayed home. A very good movie presenting the issue well.
You had me at “Ham factory”
Great movie but I struggle to feel bad for her after she got her pimp drunk DIDNT kill him then. It’s like a bunch of “girl is you is o is you ain’t stupid”.
Magnifique. Verdant resonating performance, melancholia haunting, and riveting. Much gratitude EUM.
A typical human trafficking movie. I really think that she had so many opportunity to escape, but she didn’t. She remained strong though. Great movie EUM! Thanks.
Not bad, a strong performance by the lead; thought the men were mostly clunky stereotypes of evil which weakened the film for me. Not in the same league as Lilya 4 Ever, but not much is.
*spoiler alert*
Did she really have to go to jail at the end? What the fuck!! Does the law really disregard sex slaves like this?! I just saw this after Lilya 4eva and it’s so disturbing this can happen.