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  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary Virginie (Hafsia Herzi) goes about her work as a prostitute with a cool detachment, trading sex with wealthy businessmen for money, but never getting emotionally involved. That all changes when she meets Rupert (Ash Stymest), an enigmatic stranger with unclear intentions. Risking everything, Virginie plunges into a dangerous affair that ...

Directed By: Sylvie Verheyde

Written By: Sylvie Verheyde

  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 42 m

Sex Doll

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Summary Virginie (Hafsia Herzi) goes about her work as a prostitute with a cool detachment, trading sex with wealthy businessmen for money, but never getting emotionally involved. That all changes when she meets Rupert (Ash Stymest), an enigmatic stranger with unclear intentions. Risking everything, Virginie plunges into a dangerous affair that ...

Directed By: Sylvie Verheyde

Written By: Sylvie Verheyde

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60
Feb 9, 2017
Sex Doll, flat though it may sometimes be, is shrewdly aware of the countless clichés surrounding sex work.
By Abbey Bender FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 15, 2017
The lead performers deliver faultless performances, and are certainly not tough on the eyes. But their efforts are not enough to lift this moody erotic thriller above its pretensions.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 9, 2017
Tighter pacing, more dimensional and compelling characters, and twistier consequences could have helped better propel this dark, semi-intriguing tale.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 9, 2017
The movie doesn’t credit any source material, but it plays like a poorly dramatized magazine exposé.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Les Films du Veyrier, The Bureau, Lipsync, Wild Bunch, Rézo Films, Cofinova 12, Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date Feb 10, 2017
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating Unrated
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