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The Brutalist

by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

Laszlo, a Hungarian refugee and architect, finds himself unable to engage emotionally or physically with a prostitute in a brothel. The scene highlights his profound sense of displacement and his intellectualized, detached view of the world as he inadvertently insults the woman while struggling with his own self-loathing.

Poor Things

by Tony McNamara

Bella expresses her growing disillusionment and emotional numbness while working in a Parisian brothel. Swiney, the madam, reframes Bella's existential crisis as a necessary 'dark period' required for personal growth and wisdom.

Poor Things

by Tony McNamara

Swiney, a cynical brothel madam, manipulates the naive and inquisitive Bella into accepting the harsh realities of sex work. By using her sick grandchild as emotional leverage and framing degradation as a necessary path to worldly wisdom, Swiney secures Bella's compliance.