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A Patch of Blue
A Patch of Blue (1965)
, 1h45
Directed by Guy Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, Elisabeth Fraser

Selina D'Arcey (Elizabeth Hartman) is a blind girl living with her prostitute mother Rose-Ann (Shelley Winters) and grandfather Ole Pa (Wallace Ford), in a city apartment. She strings beads to supplement her family's small income, and spends most of her time doing chores. Her mother is abusive, and Ole Pa is an alcoholic. Selina has no friends, rarely leaves the apartment, and has never received an education.
Mausam
Mausam (1975)
, 2h36
Directed by Gulzar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Sharmila Tagore, Sanjeev Kumar, Dina Pathak, Om Shivpuri, Satyen Kappu, Agha

Mausam is a dramatic love story of Dr. Amarnath Gill, who falls for Chanda, the daughter of a local healer, Harihar Thapa, when visiting Darjeeling for his medical exams. Amarnath is called back and promises Chanda to return, though he never keeps his promise. Twenty-five years later, he returns as a wealthy man and searches for Chanda and her father. He learns that Harihar has died and that Chanda was married to a crippled old man. She gave birth to a daughter, became insane and died. Finding Chanda's daughter, Kajli, he sees that she closely resembles her mother and later discovers that after having been molested by her mother's brother-in-law, she ended up at a brothel. Amarnath had no choice but to buy her from the brothel and he takes Kajli home and tries to change her into well refined woman to make up for what he did to Chanda. Unaware that Amarnath is indirectly responsible for her mother's death, Kajli begins to fall in love for him.
Pixote
Pixote (1981)
, 2h5
Directed by Héctor Babenco
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, L'enfance marginalisée, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Marília Pêra, Rubens de Falco da Costa, Jardel Filho, Beatriz Segall

After a police round up of street children Pixote is sent to a juvenile reformatory (FEBEM). The prison is a hellish school where Pixote uses glue sniffing as a means of emotional escape from the constant threats of abuse and rape.
Dev.D
Dev.D (2009)
, 2h24
Directed by Anurag Kashyap
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Abhay Deol, Mahi Gill, Kalki Koechlin, Sunil Grover, Gurkirtan Chauhan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Paro Dev (Abhay Deol), the son of a rich businessman, is an insecure narcissist. He and Paro (Mahi Gill) are childhood sweethearts. Instead of acknowledging her affection and care, Dev nudges Paro over frivolous things. He is sent to London for higher studies when his father senses how spoilt his son is. While separated by distance, Paro and Dev's youthful love only blossoms more. After finishing his studies, Dev returns to Chandigarh and meets Paro. Their endeavor to make love makes for some dark comic moments. When Dev hears rumours about Paro, he immediately believes them and ditches her. The seeds of suspicion are sown here, which the couple are never able to weed out. What makes them fall apart is mutual suspicion and an essentially male vision of how a woman should conduct herself sexually. Paro turns her back on him when she hears him insult her and agrees to marry a man of her parents' choice. On her wedding day, Dev learns that the rumors were false but his ego doesn't let him accept his mistake, and he lets Paro marry someone else.
Salaam Bombay!
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
, 1h53
Directed by Mira Nair
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, L'enfance marginalisée, Musical films, Bollywood, Erotic thriller films
Actors Anita Kanwar, Shafiq Syed, Nana Patekar, Raghubir Yadav, Irrfan Khan, Sanjana Kapoor

Before the start of the film, Krishna has set fire to his bullying elder brother's motor-bike. This has landed him in big trouble with his mother. She has taken him to the nearby Apollo Circus and told him that he can only come home when he earns 500 rupees to pay for the damaged bike. Krishna agrees and works for the circus.
W.A.K.A.
W.A.K.A. (2014)
, 1h37
Directed by Françoise Ellong
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Bruno Henry

W.A.K.A se déroule dans la ville de Douala au Cameroun. C'est l'histoire de Mathilde, maman du jeune Adam le jour et prostituée la nuit sous le nom de Maryline. Mathilde se prostitue pour subvenir aux besoins de son fils et s’accommode de sa routine quand un jour, un personnage du passé fait irruption dans sa vie. Sous la coupe de Max, proxénète véreux et violent, Mathilde devra faire des choix bouleversants. Jusqu'où ira-t-elle par amour pour Adam ?
Thappu Thalangal
Thappu Thalangal (1978)
, 2h11
Directed by Kailasam Balachander
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Rajinikanth, Saritha, Kamal Haasan, M. S. Umesh

Devu (Rajnikanth), a local thug whose weapon of choice is a bicycle chain he sports casually around the neck. He charges ₹ 30 to slice a finger, ₹ 300 to chop a hand,₹ 3000 for the leg, and ten times as much to dispose off the whole body. On one of his nightly rounds, he is pursued by a cop and seeks refuge at a whorehouse run by a hooker Sarasu (Saritha). Despite her vehement protests, he stays put and leaves only at daybreak, but her persistent cough stays with him. At a theatre, Devu watches an advertisement for Glycodin Cough Syrup and proceeds to buy her a bottle. They bond over the cough syrup and philosophize late into the night, exchanging notes on their immoral lifestyles.
Thappu Thalangal
Thappu Thalangal (1978)
, 2h11
Directed by Kailasam Balachander
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Rajinikanth, Saritha, Kamal Haasan

Devu, a local thug whose weapon of choice is a bicycle chain he sports casually around the neck. Devu charges ₹ 30 to slice a finger, ₹ 300 to chop a hand, ₹ 3000 for the leg, and ten times as much to dispose off the whole body. On one of his nightly rounds, Devu is pursued by a cop and seeks refuge at a whorehouse run by a hooker Sarasu, played to perfection by Saritha. Despite her vehement protests, he stays put and leaves only at daybreak, but her persistent cough stays with him. At a theatre, Devu watches an advertisement for Glycodin Cough Syrup and proceeds to buy her a bottle. Devu and Sarasu bond over the cough syrup and philosophize late into the night, exchanging notes on their immoral lifestyles.
Amarcord
Amarcord (1973)
, 2h7
Directed by Federico Fellini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Political films
Actors Magali Noël, Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio, Ciccio Ingrassia, Maria Antonietta Beluzzi, Antonino Faà di Bruno

A young woman hanging clothes on a line happily points out the arrival of "manine" or puffballs floating on the wind. The old man pottering beside her replies, "When puffballs come, cold winter’s done." In the village square, schoolboys jump around trying to pluck puffballs out of the air. Giudizio (Aristide Caporale), the town idiot, looks into the camera and recites a poem to spring and the swirling, drifting "manine."