A
Dogma 95 film six years before there was such a thing, REQUIEM
FOR A WHORE chronicles the last day in the life of a
street prostitute (played by Amy Wallin) named Pearl. Bouncing
back and forth between her heartless, manipulative pimp and her
loving but ineffective boyfriend, Pearl's only solace is the company
of her fellow street walkers. But when destiny appears in the
form of a kinky, producer of religious TV programming, Pearl's
fate is sealed. Shot entirely in the meat packing district of
Manhattan, REQUIEM'S dark, grittty images, elegant hand-held camerawork,
austere organ score and unflinching point-of-view combine to create
a hard-hitting, hyper-realistic drama.
