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Michael Glawogger

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Films

Whore's Glory

Whore's Glory

Door Michael Glawogger

2011 | 110 min | Documentaire

An examination of the lives, needs, troubles and hopes of prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico. This film triptych deals with prostitutes in Thailand, Mexico and Bangladesh. The stories are about longing, hopes and needs - "those of these women themselves and those they fulfill for others"- about the brutalities they experience and those they impose. The premise of the film is that these women can tell us more about the relationships between men and women than anyone else, for these women ...

Megacities

Megacities

Door Michael Glawogger

1998 | 89 min | Documentaire

Michael Glawogger pays homage to the international metropolis in these portraits of New York City, Mexico City, Bombay and Moscow - and their inhabitants, struggling to survive. “A true symphony of a metropolis.” (Jonathan Rosenbaum) "Cinema is like a train in motion. Every decent movie is a window showing a new landscape. Seen as a metaphor, this includes all movies - from the Lumiere brothers first films to Michael Glawogger’s masterpieces. MEGACITIES is twelve stories of survival, twelve landscapes ...

Working Man's Death

Working Man's Death

Door Michael Glawogger

2005 | 122 min | Documentaire

Documentary on the extremes to which workers will go to earn a living. In our technological age, is heavy manual labour disappearing or just becoming invisible? A documentary on the extremes to which workers will go to earn a living. In today's technological age - is heavy manual labour disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Physical work was once celebrated with hymns of praise. But workers today must be content with encouraging one another that their hard work is better than no work at ...