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Orlanda, Liuccia, Milù, Blu Blu and Veronica are five women in Palermo, Sicily, each different from the other. But, along with transvestite Kim and young man Maurizio, they all share something: they're "buttane", hookers, who spend the day between the streets and home; some got children, some got problems with the pimps, some with the clients...
Acting
Ensemble cast brings raw authenticity to marginalized lives.
Direction
Grimaldi's neorealist approach refuses exploitation or redemption arcs.

Director
Aurelio Grimaldi
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