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Prowl
Prowl
7.1
/10
218 Ratings

PROWL

Vanatoare

Directed by Alexandra Balteanu
Germany, 2016
Drama

Synopsis

An ordinary day in Romania. Under a highway exit close to Bucharest, Lidia and Denisa are changing their clothes; warm pullovers and sneakers are exchanged for tight tops and heels. The two are then waiting for clients, an icy wind gusting around their ears.

Synopsis

An ordinary day in Romania. Under a highway exit close to Bucharest, Lidia and Denisa are changing their clothes; warm pullovers and sneakers are exchanged for tight tops and heels. The two are then waiting for clients, an icy wind gusting around their ears.

Our take

Alexandra Bălteanu’s first feature follows the lives of three Romanian sex workers with a frank naturalism that’s closer in spirit to a documentary. A feminist social drama about the everyday reality of sex work, Prowl casts a fresh eye on how stigma colors these women’s lives and their hopes.