when i saw the trailer it look like a european film and setting and but luckily this movie be in english direct by a german born belgium director sam garbarski . the story be in a small village near london about a widowed grand mother maggie ( marianne faithful ) and whose grand son have to undergo treatment in australia . she have a son tom ( kevin bishop ) and daughter in law sarah ( siobhan hewlett ) who can not earn that much to afford the trip to australia . maggie love the grandson a lot but do not have any skill to do work she have never work in her entire life . after be reject at many place and in search of work she land up in the soho area ( red light district of london ) in mikky ( miki manojlovic ) sex club or restaurant . very shy and hesitant she agree to the work of masturbate men for a decent sum of pound 900 per week . within no time she become the famous irina palm ( pseudo name ) for her skill . maggie find a new confidence and self independence through this new role which she never think would become her respected profession . she borrow money from miki and give to her son and who become suspicious and when he follow her and know about her new profession and be deeply hurt . he want her to take the money back and leave the dirty profession . the movie be about the journey through the mind of maggie . her hesitation and her doubt and her fear and her joy and her confidence and her love and and her grandiose everything be perfect . marianne faithful who start her career a a singer and and later get involve in film act look beautiful ( just google her name and see how beautiful she be in her young day ) and have act honorably in portray the character of maggie to it core . she speak more in her silence and stare and glance than with word . she be the perfect casting by the director sam . a special mention of veteran actor miki manojlovic who have play the dark character of mikky with so much punch and humanness that it be remarkable and not easy to forget . both marianne and miki sparkle the screen with their historic . a very well direct film by sam this be just his fifth directional project . he have also co write the script with philip blasband . cinematography by christophe beacarne be wonderful in capture the life of a small british village to the dark and dingy street and hotel of soho especially the begin shot of the village through bird view and hand hold shot of dark back alley of soho . at one point in the movie when maggie be force by her son to leave the work and i be long for marianne to go back to her profession because that have bring her self dignity and self esteem . but i will not say the end and spoil of interest . a very good sensitive movie . ( star 7 . 5 out of 10 ) .