Nothing further was said about the daughter after the night at the hotel, but it's hard to imagine things would just carry on as before. However, there is still the lingering question - was she sexually abused as a child? He must have asked Naomi about that for a reason. From what I understand, many, many sex workers were victims of sexual abuse. Many drug users as well.
Another thing that happened towards the end of the film was that the pimp came to Naomi's flat (her own council flat where she lives, as opposed to the bedsit she uses for her trade), and he tells her that she can't use that bedsit any more. She asks why, since she pays rent, but he just laughs and says the money isn't in the rent, but in the selling of young women, not old disgusting women like her (I'm paraphrasing here). No doubt he intends to buy more sex slaves from Eastern Europe, who are lured with the promise of good jobs, and then their passports are taken so that they can't leave. Definitely some major issues raised in this film, without anyone getting up on their soap box.
Before Ray Winstone's character leaves Naomi for the last time, he points out that she has never called him by his name. She agonises over this, with major inner turmoil apparent in her face, and finally calls him Richard. Obviously this is one of her defence mechanisms for keeping an emotional distance from her "customers". Satisfied, he leaves, and as he descends the staircase she comes out to the top of the staircase and reveals that her real name is Suzie, or Susan to be proper about it. An even greater wall comes tumbling down. That game of Monopoly was probably the first time she'd been treated like a human being for longer than she'd care to remember.
I watched this film, which was just on free-to-air TV in Australia a few nights back, mainly because of Ray Winstone, who is a terrific actor and also has very good judgment in choosing projects. That he agreed to do this one for little or no pay speaks volumes. But the real revelation was Jan Graveson, who gave a truly subtle and sublime performance. Looking at her list of credits, it's clear that she's been truly wasted in one ordinary TV series after another, I only hope that she's been doing plenty of theatre, so that a talent like hers hasn't completely gone to waste.
I gave this film 9 out of 10.
RD
P.S. I'm so glad they didn't use the alternative ending, which would have just cheapened the whole film.
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