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Irina Palm (2007) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Behind the scenes
Biographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Luxembourg ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Sam Garbarski

Written By:
Philippe Blasband
Sam Garbarski

Actors:
Marianne Faithfull ..... Maggie aka Irina Palm
Miki Manojlovic ..... Miki
Kevin Bishop ..... Tom
Siobhan Hewlett ..... Sarah
Dorka Gryllus ..... Luisa
Jenny Agutter ..... Jane
Corey Burke ..... Ollie
Meg Wynn Owen ..... Julia
Susan Hitch ..... Beth
Flip Webster ..... Edith
Tony O'Brien ..... Shopkeeper
Jules Werner ..... Doctor
Ann Queensberry ..... 1st Old Lady
June Bailey ..... 2nd Old Lady
Jonathan Coyne ..... Dave

Synopsis:

'Irina Palm' may be the work of a German-born Belgian director, but it belongs to a sturdy and very British genre: the naughty-granny comedy, in which an older woman is liberated and rejuvenated by an excursion into vice. In this case the iffy activity is sex for hire, which may give the film a jolt of topicality for New York audiences. The workaday London sex shop where parts of 'Irina Palm' take place is decidedly down-market compared with the Emperor's Club V.I.P., but it also may be less tawdry. In this kind of movie, sleaze and salaciousness are quickly banished in favor of sentimental good cheer. Still, 'Irina Palm,' directed by Sam Garbarski from a screenplay by Philippe Blasband and Martin Herron, does rise slightly above the silly clichés embedded in its story. This is mostly because of Marianne Faithfull, who plays Maggie, a middle-class suburban widow preparing to settle into a meek and marginal old age.

Maggy is 47 years old and leads a quiet life in the London suburbs. She's widowed and the mother of an only son. When her grandson Ollie is diagnosed with a rare disease, he has to undergo an emergency bone marrow transplant. Driven to the wall, Maggie sees no other possibility than to take a job in a place called Sexy World. Her boss Mickey shows immediately a great deal of inter¬est in her.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 28 February, 2023.