That prostitution is horrible. Till this day the concept of prostitution is still glamourized or romanticized when it comes to the "higher class prostitutes" or past times like the belle epoque. Some people still think prostitutes like their work or do it because it's an easy way to make money.
The setting in the film looks glamourous, the costumes are beautiful, the women look healthy, the customers are relatively good looking and the madame takes care of her ladies. Still in the best setting you can see how incredibly harsh the life of a prostitute is. The women are in such a vulnurable position, a prey for perverted or violent men, the danger of deadly STD's and addiction to drugs. Eventhough they are free to leave, they are not free at all. The fear of the world outside or debts they created themselves, keeps them locked in.
And as the ending shows, these things are still going on in the world.
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