Princesas

Synopsis: Friendship and love in the world of prostitution in Madrid.
Genre: Drama
Production: IFC First Take
  10 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
Year:
2005
109 min
Website
453 Views


Room 207?

Are you a relative?

Visiting hours end at 8:30.

You'll hear the announcement.

You can use those elevators.

Here she comes!

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

Are you the birthday boy?

Who is this?

Listen up.

There's nothing to it.

First, the 60 euros.

Second, nobody touches anything.

Except me.

You wanna touch, you pay more.

And nobody goes near my backpack.

And by nobody I mean nobody, okay?

Let's celebrate your birthday.

If life gives you...

...more than five reasons to go on.

If life gives you...

...more than five corners to sleep in.

If life gives you...

...more than five million to die...

...you strain yourself.

Night and day.

...you strain yourself.

Night and day.

If life gives you...

...more than five bastards

to put up with.

If life gives you...

...more than five lessons

to not go on...

...you strain yourself.

Night and day.

...you strain yourself.

Night and day.

If life gives you...

...more than five reasons to go on.

If life gives you...

...more than five corners to sleep in.

...you strain yourself.

Night and day.

...you strain yourself.

Night and day.

...you strain yourself.

...you strain yourself.

- How's it going?

- Better.

Having lunch with your mother?

And give me some pessaries.

And four twelve-packs.

Supersensitive.

Was it Canesten?

Yes.

Zero kilos. You're so light.

That means you're an angel.

You have to put a coin in

for it to work.

It's from a local store.

What does it say?

"With love. " The fourth one.

Must be a neighborhood fan.

- Let me see the handwriting.

- Wine?

He could be from the senior center.

What about the guy

from the 5th floor?

Him? He hardly says hi

when he sees me.

Exactly.

Someone older.

Maybe they have the wrong address.

What?

Mother can't have an admirer?

Of course she can.

She can have as many as she wants.

You get them,

that's what matters.

We exist because someone

thinks about us, not vice versa.

Someone said that,

I don't remember who.

Someone wise.

Wise and corny.

Aren't you going to answer?

What if it's for me?

For you?

It's my cell phone.

Since they keep ringing...

It might be important.

How's your teaching?

She's not teaching anymore.

I'm the principal now.

Congratulations.

That's good, right?

Yeah.

Since 2 years ago.

Really? Congratulations.

Maybe it's Dad.

Sending the flowers.

Why not? Maybe he felt guilty.

Maybe.

If he hadn't died 3 years ago.

That's not certain.

You identified him at the morgue.

I didn't look that close.

I said yes without looking.

Mother, please.

We didn't check his DNA.

With DNA you can tell

who it is right away.

Dad is dead...

...period.

Maybe he ran off with a woman

and doesn't dare come back.

Hence the flowers.

To say he's sorry and thinking

of me, without saying it.

Your father was always a coward,

Cayetana. A good man...

...but a coward.

Answer the phone!

I get nervous

when you don't answer!

Who is this?

Lima.

Lima.

No. Why?

So they say.

Brunette.

Average.

100. The works, 100.

Blowj*b, 50.

Anything except in the ass.

As long as it takes,

half an hour.

Half an hour, tops.

Who is it?

What?

What else can I say?

At Vidal's on Providencia.

They're the worst.

The worst, Gloria.

Since they came, this is a jungle.

They'll f*** for 20 euros.

Some even for 15.

Blowj*bs for 10, like junkies.

But guys like them.

It must be the novelty.

Gloria...

I only work half as much

since they came.

They have to do something.

There's no work in their countries.

Don't people f*** there?

They must have learned somewhere.

If they were hairdressers,

you wouldn't be defending them.

What racists.

That's not it. You're wrong.

It's not racism.

The problem is the market.

The laws of the market.

Not the supermarket, the other one.

It's demand and competition.

There's not enough demand

and there's no competition.

The Minister of Economics

said it on TV.

They come here and do

as they f***ing please.

The Minister said that?

Not the "f***ing" part,

but he definitely thought it.

And he's a minister.

He must know

what he's talking about.

You know more

about blowj*bs, Caye.

But the Minister of Economics

knows more about economics.

Rosa's the expert on ministers.

No comment.

And the cops.

What good are they?

These girls don't even know

what working papers are.

Don't be mean, Caren.

Believe me.

If they were lawyers...

Have you really

screwed ministers?

A bit of everything.

And ministers too?

The secret service followed me

and my phone's been bugged...

...so many times...

You wouldn't be here if you screwed

a minister. You'd have a nice house.

Hello?

I didn't want a house,

but I had plenty of offers.

With ducks and everything.

Who did you screw?

You'd never believe me.

How big?

How much were these?

2,000 euros. 2,500.

The bastard was jerking off.

I know where you get a perfect

boob job for 1,000.

1,000? If you're going to get one,

do it right.

But smaller tits are in right now.

It gets you more work.

Look how she walks...

...sticking her ass out.

They learn how to do it as kids.

They put stuff in their shoes...

...to make them walk like that.

Come on.

I saw it on the BBC.

And they smell different.

Hormones.

The strong smell attracts the guys.

They don't bathe.

It's a cultural or religious thing.

Almost finished?

Let them wait.

Good things are worth waiting for.

Like cleavage and a G-string,

but in hormones.

- Hi, Caye.

- Hi.

Are you meeting Lima?

At five.

And it's ten past already.

Yeah. I got held up.

One minute.

Shall we go?

You're too late.

Couldn't you wait 10 minutes?

I came from the other side of town.

Give me the bill.

At least pay for my taxi.

I'm not paying you anything.

What about you?

Didn't you hear the Minister?

Can't you talk?

There are rules around here.

This isn't the jungle!

You come to this country

and do whatever you f***ing want!

Watch. Nothing will happen.

They take the one in blue away

every 3 days.

If they take them away

I'll blow them myself.

You have loose ends.

She's got everything loose.

Angela's very loose in general.

Well? Why don't you try it?

She's got a good ass.

You could make some extra cash.

Forget it.

Another one.

Mamen's very popular.

Guys like piercings.

What about my boyfriend?

Look after him.

I'm as faithful as they come.

I can screw 30 guys...

...and I'm still faithful.

It's just a job.

Maybe you go to a club

with your friends...

...have a few drinks...

...see someone you like

and f*** him.

Nice and tan.

Well-built.

With his tongue pierced.

I'd f*** him.

You see? I wouldn't.

Bring him in sometime to meet us.

Who, my boyfriend?

No way.

What does he do?

He takes pictures.

Of who?

I don't know, of nobody.

He likes it.

Hey!

Hey!

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Hold your breath.

I don't have papers.

They won't ask for them.

If they do, say you left them

at home, but they won't.

Do I have to pay for this?

It's free.

Do you know him?

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Fernando León de Aranoa

Fernando León de Aranoa (born 26 May 1968) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He achieved acclaim with his film Mondays in the Sun. more…

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