""It's so good to talk about this with someone." "We had to keep silent for years." "Couldn't say a word."" " Thank you, thank you." " You were good." " Have you done business today?" " No, unfortunately not." " How come you haven't managed yet?" " Well, because..." "You know, internationally, as regards political and health concerns the word AIDS has a very low and notorious reputation." "And unfortunately, this is why punters don't need us." " Are they afraid of the disease?" " Yes, they are very much afraid." "Not only here in Hungary. bur in Africa, in different places of the world." " What is your speciality?" " My speciality?" " Yes, what can you give to the boys?" " Well, this is my speciality, when" "I come here and I show my professional skills in various performative acts." " Even sexual ones?" " Sure, sexual ones too." " Oh yes?" "The world of prostitution is internationally acknowledged." "Now that they made this legislation on the income tax, they should centralize all this." "Well, it is right to say that" "Hungary is like a little town in New York." "For example in Los Angeles, San Fransisco, and in other states, they pay taxes after prostitution and..." " If it was legal, would you pay income tax?" " Without hesitation I would pay the income tax." " Oh!" "I would pay, and unfortunately it means a big disadvantage that the government bans such pleasant and human activities." "From this kind of lifestyle, the government could also benefit." " Hi." " What's your price?" " 1500." " French?" " Hmm?" " French?" " No, I don't do French." " Hmm!" " We can do it together." " No, and I don't do it in cars." " No problem." " Hmm?" "Only in a room." " Have you tried the French?" " Hmm?" " Have you tried the French?" " With you?" " Yes." " How long did it take?" " About five-six minutes." " Did you tell him before how long it'd be?" " No, he's a regular guest." " Is he?" " Of course." "He comes twice or 3 times a week and pays 1500 forints every time." "What did you two talk about during this 6 minutes?" "I just told him I must leave soon cause my child is waiting for me." " And he said ok?" " Sure, he told me it's alright." "I didn't even have to undress completely, just down there a little bit." " A little bit?" " Sure, just down there." " Only the zipper?" " Hmm?" " Only the zipper?" " No, just the stockings and my panties." " Good, and now you'll meet the next client?" " Sure." " What's the plan for today?" " Well, I want to earn 5-7000 today." " In a day?" "Isn't it too much?" " Maybee but I'm in the mood today." " Really?" " Yes." " What do you mean by good mood?" " Well, sometimes I just don't feel like it." "I work a little if I want to, if not, I don't." "Now I'm in the mood..." "Now, I feel like doing it, but there will be other days." " Babi, do you live here?" " Yes." "I live here, is that so important?" " Who else is staying here usually?" " Nobody else lives here." " Someone staying for a while?" "I just rent out my bed for a few minutes for prostitutes" " And this..." " What does it comprise?" " Is it illegal?" "Unfortunately it is." "Very much." "I only feel sorry for poor whores and I let them in, I give them a warm place..." "to do their business here." " So you're a good person." " I'm generous that's why I was locked up in Tolnai prison for 6 months and the sentence is yet to come." "Do they need all these for a 5-minute long sexual intercourse?" "Of course." "Girls must comb hair, use the bathroom too, then spray herself a little bit." "Lipstick, eye shadow, to be able to sell herself again outside because if her makeup isn't attractive, she can bury herself." " It's a must." " She must leave just as she arrived, right?" " Of course." "But only if I remind them, do they pay attention." "If I don't, they often forget about it." "I must raise their attention to some facts..." "So does this mean that you are a kind of instructor too?" "I think many girls can thank me for having learnt basic hygiene." " What's the time?" " Almost two." " Is anyone in?" " Nobody..." "Hello!" "Ok then, we'll wait." "Alright?" "Come!" "Listen!" "Do you..." "Shall we pull this away?" " No." " No?" " Do you exploit every moment?" " Nothing happened, really." "It was nothing..." "Nothing?" "May I ask who he was?" "My boyfriend." " You guys live together?" " Yes." "So tell me how it works." "He is your pimp, is this right?" "No!" "He is my companion." "It's completely different." "Tell me how this works." "What do you mean?" "He goes his way, I go my way." "What do you mean?" " He goes out, plays cards and wins." " How can one win for sure?" " He can play cards very well!" " And what can you do well?" " I'm very good at being a whore." " Get dressed!" "Turn around if you're shy." " Are you shy anyways?" " Yes, I am." "I'm not used to..." "How come you're not used to it?" "Since when...?" " Since when have I been doing it?" " Yes." "For six months." "Six months?" "Yes." "Six or nine months." "What's your favourite place?" "Where do you usually get clients?" "Well, I go out at night..." "and I also do it on the street too." "To Pigalle at night... and in the daytime, to József street." "Where were you yesterday?" "I visited some cars." "I earned 9000 forints." "How come?" "How many clients does that add up to?" "Well, I was very lucky this time." "I had only four clients." "What is your strategy to attract the same people from time to time?" "Maybe it is my smile..." "I don't know." "Does this smile mean that you enjoy yourself or...?" "No. it's a kind of fake smile." "So what's the secret?" "Well, I think you need intelligence." "A little bit of, at least... and... if you're a dimwit, you should at least hide it." " You don't consider yourself one, do you?" " No, I don't." "I got through the elementary and then I took evening classes in typewriting but I quit before the exam." " Why?" " I don't know." "It was a great love, I guess or..." "I have no idea." "I quit 2-3 weeks before the exam but I was a good student." "What is it?" "What are you looking at?" "What?" " My boyfriend." " Your boyfriend?" " What's he doing?" " Ah..." "Where is he now?" "Outside?" "Would it be a problem, if he heard what you said?" " Shall we tell him to leave?" " No." "Besides the evening classes, I worked at a foreign trade company." "I was the secretary to the head manager." "How much did you earn?" "Uhm...3200 forints." "I got pregnant at the age of 17." "Mum told me to give the child to state care because I can't bring him home." "In those days I had an alcoholic companion but the important thing was to keep the child... with me." "After that..." "I moved to Szentendre and I started this "profession" there at the end of November." "Do you remember how and why exactly did you start it?" "I read that book two times, the title of which I'll tell you in a moment." "Sex Market Tour." "I absorbed myself in it." "I wanted to see what it was like." " How much do you earn a month?" " About 200000 forints." "How long is it possible or how long are you planning to do this?" "I want a nice flat, I want to start a business and then stop." " What kind of business?" " A little restaurant .to rent or buy." " How much time will it take?" " If I keep up with my present pace..." "in a year." " That's the maximum." " How do you endure?" " It's not an easy job." "To tell the truth, I fell pleasure twice while I meet a client." "When he pays and when he leaves." " Is it always like this?" " Always." "There's nothing ever good in it." " Never?" " Never." " How do you see yourself now?" " Now?" " Yes, your life." " Well, I'm happy now." "Sometimes." "Sometimes I'm happy." "I have a boyfriend, who I live with." "He's very kind." " Do you love him?" " Yes." " And he?" " Yes, I guess, he loves me too." "How can he bear the fact that you sleep with 3-4 men a day?" "It's the same as any other job and I earn the same money." "So..." "I can't tell it to an outsider... he won't understand." "He won't understand what it is like actually." "Andrea kept looking this direction while we were talking to her." "As if she was afraid." "What might she be afraid of?" "Maybe of the many people." "What is your relationship like?" "Well, at present we are p in an open relationshi and..." " Is this love?" "Well, it can't be called love yet..." "So... no, it's not." "Is this like a business partnership?" "No, it's not an business partnership because I don't need her to support me with her money.." "I have been playing cards for 20 years, so..." "How does such a game look like?" "I can't understand it." "I've heard you deal with enormous ammounts of money there." "Well, yes." " 1-2 million forints an evening." " One evening?" " One evening, well actually in one hour." " What was the biggest amount you've ever won?" " 800000 forints." " And the biggest loss?" " 600000." " Does Andrea help sometimes?" " She doesn't give me money." "Maybe she buys me what I need but... she never tells me that here is 20000 forints, take it." "Never." "I don't even know how much money she's got." " Do you work somewhere?" " Yes, I work presently." "I work for a craftsman." "I... take care of the fire." " I get 1300 forints for this." " Is it a hard job?" "It is." " Which one is harder, your job or Andrea's?" " Well..." "Andrea's job." "Do you think this is because of what she does?" " Because of the nature of her job?" " Yes." " So tell me one thing." "Andrea says you love her." "Yes." " Is it so?" " Yes." "She says she loves you." "Then I asked her, how come you accept the fact that she sleeps with other men, several men a day?" "What can I say to this?" "I try to see it as business..." "Her business." "It is like mine with the cards." "I win 10-20-50 or 100000 forints." "So actually, I do this because... these are hard days and you're often without a penny through days, I dunno, she earns her money like this..." "Well, the thing that she sleeps with men..." " How could I explain?" " Do you find it offensive?" " Yes..." "Very much." "I had a partner before Andrea who was in the same shoes as her." "I was in prison for 11 months, got released last December." " What was the charge?" " Pimping." "I have two big children." "I lost them too." " Do you love them?" " Yes, I do." " Do you often meet them?" " Recently, I don't meet them." " Do they love you?" " I don't know." " How old are they?" " One is fifteen, the other is ten." "Both of them are girls." "What would you do if they did the same job as Andrea?" " No... that's impossible!" " Why?" "I could not bear it." "Don't even mention such a thing." "You should have done it in a different way, me being with the girls on one side, and you on the other side with the camera, and when a car stops, you start to shooting... and see how a woman does her business." " Do you want a threesome?" " Threesome?" " Yes." " Not foursome?" " 3 boys, 1 girl, I mean." " Last time you said we can watch it for 1500 forints." " Yes." " Do you still hold yourself to that?" " Yes, I do!" " No special spring offer?" " No..." "No discount." " What kind of men go to Rákóczi Square regularly?" " All kinds." "From the bottom to the top." "That includes managers, head labor departments, self-employed craftsmen, so all kinds of people." " What is your price here?" " That depends on where I am." "In here, it's 1500." "By the cars, 1200-1500, depends on who it is." "At night, in Rózsa, Szamovár 1500-2000 and the extras." "What do you mean by extras?" "I may not take my pullover off, only if he gives an extra 500-1000." "Can you specify it in such a way?" "Can you say: "I don't take my skirt or shoes off"?" "I don't take them off, only my panties and stockings and if he wants me to undress completely, he gives extra money." " Do they accept this?" " If no, they stand up and leave... or pays the extra money." "How do men treat you?" "Some have a heartache, that's why they come here... others have wives who don't give them what they need." "Do they receive special treatment from you girls?" "From some of the girls, yes." "There is one whose wife has just given birth and that's why he comes here." "The other has special wishes." "There are perverts and all kinds of people." "There is a..." "lieutenant or I don't know what he used to be." "His bride died, and girls have to dress up in a wedding gown and lie in a coffin, then he turns the coffin lid down." " How long do you stay there?" " For a few minutes, till he gets off." "There is one who wants himself sticked with a needle or wants you to pull hairclips inside him." "To where he pisses, I don't know the name..." "into that hole." "6-7 hairclip." " Hairclip?" " Yes, he gives money for this." "4-5000 forints." "I have a guest, who asks me to tie his hands and legs to the bed and flog him with the whip he"s brought with him" "but only his back." "It shouldn't touch his butt, that should be covered with the duvet or a pillow." " Until he bleeds?" " No, just until stripes appear on the skin." "Red stripes." "On the skin." " Aren't you uncomfortable with these?" " He pays me, so..." " How old are you?" " 22." " When did you leave the institute?" " At age 16." "They sent me to work..." " ...at a weaving mill, but I left the place." " What was it like?" "Our salary was low." "I could not work at night and money the day shift wasn't high." "3-4000 forints." "I stayed in a hosti for young workers I and I had to be in by 10 p.m. If I wasn't, I was on the streets till 5 a.m." "How did you get into this business?" "Someone offered me a job, which paid better and required no effort." " You look really anxious." " Well, yes, I am." "I'm anxious because Andrea, my girlfriend disappeared." "I haven't heard anything about her for two days now, so..." " Did it happen before?" " No, never." "Since we're together, nothing like this happened." "I'm vexed like hell." "I've been to 3-4 rooms where she usually works." "Nobody has seen her." "She didn't even left a message." "Nothing." " Do you think we'll find her somewhere here?" " I don't know." " Having mentioned the word "here", can you introduce this place to me?" "Where are we now?" "What is this place?" " It is..." "Rákóczi Square." "Why is it Rákóczi Square?" "What is it famous for?" "This used to be..." "I can't speak, I'm too anxious because of this girl." "No... no, I'm simply too anxious now." " I think if we walk for a while, we will probably find her." " She could have at least left a message or something." "Maybe they took her in, maybe not." "I don't know." "She may need..." " ...cigarettes or something." " What do you mean by they?" "The police." "They take them in." "To the police station." "I'm totally upset..." "If she's in, you can't hear about her?" "No." "As I said, I've already been looking forher but nothing." "We had a quarrel, I lost a lot of money." "I lost What she earned.." "So many dreadful things happen here..." "I hear it every day" "Some girls have been taken up, who knows where, into hills for example." "They're killed, left there..." "Maybe she's lying out there somewhere in Hûvösvölgy, I don't know..." "I would calm down, if I knew for sure that she's in but I can't keep phoning everyone." "So this also means that this place is quite dangerous." "This... is the most dangerous place in the country!" "I guarantee it." "It is." "There is theft here, robbery, everything that is written in the criminal code, can be found here." "Everything." " How come?" " This is a dirty place...." "Dirty." "How is it that you feel this way and still you're always here?" "I grew up here and I simply can't..." "I can't... break out of this place." "I can't." "I want to, but I can't." "I don't know." "I get up and my first thought is Rákóczi Square." "Tarzan told me you used to be the prettiest woman here." "Allegedly." " How long have you been doing it?" "Since '68." "How did you realize that this was what you must do?" " Not alone." "They made me realize." " How?" "I didn't always want to do this." "Actually, I realized it in the institute that it is also a possible way of earning money." "I choose it right away." "What has been your life like since then?" "I can see it from your face that it must have been hectic." " Very much..." "My life is beautiful." "I never get bored." "What's that scar on your face?" "Don't tell me you had an accident." "A Knife." "Do you have aby shared memories with Tarzan?" "Yes." "For example?" " Nice memories, aren't they?" "Nice childhood memories." " Oh, yes?" " Yes, those were good times." " Pure memories." " Tell me more about it." "What can I say about it?" "He was a young boy, me a young girl and a virgin." "We were in the institute." "We met there, he was famous in the institute: he was "the Tarzan"." "I was "the Kupak Éva" or Vica." "Both of us had a name there." "He was famous among girls, me among boys." "He was handsome," "I was pretty." "Allegedly." "This is life..." "C'est la vie!" "I wasn't planning to do this..." "I couldn't appreciate myself." " Do you feel bad about what you do?" " Yes." "But I can't turn back." "I must see through it." " Where is the end?" " I don't know yet." " What do you think?" " It's a question of time." "Maybe I will get bored with it and do something else." "What?" " For the present, I just want to live." " Can you live only this way?" " No, but I don't have the means yet to change." "The situation is not apt." "They want more every day." "Life wants more day by day... and me too." "This is not the right way to live, there's no point in doing this but they can't stop it." "It will last till the end of the world." "They should reopen brothels." "There wouldn't be so much sickness, fighting and murder." "Yes, this would be the right way to live." "Come here, please!" "For a little talk." "We'll talk about this here." "Come, please!" "Bring her here." "Come!" "You too!" "No, I'm so tired." "So." "We are making a film about this Square." "Last time we dealt with Fishermen's Bastion, now we're here." " Two places so related..." " Both are sites for ourists, aren't they?" " This is right." "Tell me!" " You tell me." " What should I say?" " What do you usually do here?" " Business, making money." "But if... you say that you like women." " It doesn't matter, it is just business." " You like both sexes?" " Both." " Aren't you disgusted with men?" " Yes, she is!" " You don't want to say it now?" " It's business." "I get drunk and I don't feel it." "I like women." " Only them?" " Yes." " Tell me one thing I've always wanted to know..." "How is it possible not to like us...?" " Women are more kind, patient and gentle... and a woman knows what to do with another woman." "What she needs." " A woman knows it better?" " Yes." " For example what?" "I used to believe that men know it best." " What is it that a woman needs?" ".." "OOh!" " What is it?" "To be licked good." "So how do you cope with the fact that you are a prostitute?" " I'm not ashamed of it a bit." "What's more..." "No." "I didn't have a choice." " Can you tell me more about it, how it all started?" " Yes." "I was eight months old when I got in the institute." "I left it at the age of 18." "There I got used to getting orders and..." "to be taken care of." "I can't stand on my own feet." " You are alone now, aren't you?" "Sure, I am alone in a way but I don'have a workplace...." " Have you tried it?" " Yes I've." "For one year." " What did you do?" " I worked as a waitress in Siófok." " What happened?" " I needed to leave because I got fired." " Why?" " My boss wanted to make a pass at me... but I didn't know it then." "I went to Pest, I had nobody." "I was alone." "In the meantime, I got to know some girls and that's how I got here." "Here..." "To Rákóczi Square." " And now you feel..." " I can't get out of here... ..but I don't want to bet out of it either!" " What are you selling?" " Seeds." "Nothing else." "Tell me honestly because I know... what are you selling?" " I telling the truth, just seeds." " Let's have a look at your bag." " What?" "No." "I won't show it to you." " Tell me what's in there." " Something else..." " Seriously." " Seeds, condoms..." " Somehow you forgot to mention that before." " Do you have a great variety?" " Not really, i only have... the cheap kind..." "They can't afford good quality." " You've said, you've been here for 20 years." " Yes, that's right." " Have you seen many things here?" " Well, we can say that." " Which generation is better?" "The present or the older one?" "The older generation was better." "It is still quite light." "There aren't so many girls yet." " Here are two ladies." " Here come two." " Do you know them?" " They are good." "Yes." " Since when have you been here?" " Shall I say?" " Say, please." " For about 3 years." " Me too." "For 3 years." "How did you decide to do this?" " The most important thing is..." " Indispensability." " Money." " I hate it when I don't have any." " How much do you earn a month?" " We don't really count it." "If you do really well in your business, you can earn..." " ...40 thousand a month." " No, it's more than that." " More?" " More!" " How about you two?" " Well..." "I earn quite well, I can't complain." "I earn pretty well." "What does it mean here, to do your business well or not well?" " It's also a matter of luck." " Why?" " I think..." " Does it depend on how you look like?" "Of course, it's a decisive factor." "If you see an untidy whore in jumpersit doesn't matter how nice her face is, she has no chance." "How would you classify yourself here?" "I think we're ordinary." " How much is it possible to earn one day?" "On an ordinary day, say 5 thousand, if we're lucky, 8-10." " Is this one evening or all day?" " No... one evening!" "I come out at 7 p.m. and if I'm loose, I make 5 thousand, if I'm lucky then I make ten." " Do you have a pimp?" " No, I don't have a pimp." "I have a companion, we have two children." "It all started when he got into jail, since then I am..." "like this." "  Is he in jail now?" " No, he is already out but he accepted me as I am..." "because I have no other choice." "I'm in the 8th month of pregnancy now." "I don't come here recently since I'm in the 8th month." "I have problems..." "I have a very kind companion who works." "He's not a pimp." "He doesn't even let me..." " Doesn't let what?" "He doesn't let me come here." "Recently." " You've told me you come once in a while." "Once in a while, only when we need the money." "If we don't have enough from what he's doing." "He also has a second job but I would prefer not to talk about it now..." " ...it's a descriminated job." " I see." " Isn't doing it bad for your health now?" " I don't think so." "I tell you why." " A pregnant woman has bigger desire." " For sex?" "Yes." "Do you have desire for your clients?" "No, not for everyone but if someone is good in bed, that should be appreciated." "Why should I protest?" "Can it mean sexual pleasure for you?" "Basically yes but not always." "Sometimes it lasts for 2 minutes, sometimes for 5 or 15." "There can be great difference." "It depends on... whether or not the client desires the woman when she undresses." "They desire me because I have an exotic face" "I'm slim and pretty, you wouldn't tell I've got 2 children." "So it's easy for me." " How did you decide you want to do this?" " Well..." "Unfortunately, I gave birth to 2 children and I had a divorce." "There was nowhere to go with my two children." "My mother threw me out in winter, like she had no concern for me." "The kids were taken away from me." "Then I met a man who worked." "I worked too, here in József street in a bakery, in three shifts but once I had to send him a package." "I didn't have enough money for running costs, for clothes." "I had to pay after the kids." "My sister-in-law dressed up one day, I asked where she was going." "To make money, she said." "I told her I wanted to join her." "So I went to Rákóczi Square." "The first evening, I made 12 thousand." "I got to like it and..." "I got started." "If you think about it, are you ashamed of what you're doing?" "There's nothing to be ashamed of." "There is a guest who pays, there is a whore, who gives satisfaction to the man for money." "It's not a shame." "It is present in every country." "Even if they ban it." "Like here, no matter how they ban it, it will endure." "Girls do their business here." "Cars stop, the girls go to them." "He opens the door, she gets in." "They talk about the business." "They agree on the price." "If they can agree, he takes the girl with him." "They have different places to go to." "Not far away." " Hey!" "Here is Andrea." "Will you ask her where she'd been?" " Good evening!" " Hello." " Where have you been?" " Out..." " You're laughing?" "Eh?" " What's your problem?" " Tell me where you have been!" " Why?" "I visited my mother." " Tell me!" "Where?" " I've already told you, I visited mum!" " Don't laugh!" "Heh?" "Was it good at least?" "Heh?" "You're laughing?" "I saw your dress in the morning, it was dirty!" " Yes, it was." " Why?" "What do you mean?" "A white dress gets dirty easily." "Andrea, I've already told you not dare play with me!" "Got it?" "I've told you!" "Haven't I?" "Don't fuck with me 'cause I'll slap you in the face." " No..stop it!" "Leave me!" " I'kk knock you out, I'm telling you..." "Understand?" "Andrea, if you give the money to someone else..." "You're suspicious to me..." "I" "Why, if I cheated on you, would I come back?" "If..." " You'd come back!" " Why?" " Because you'd come back!" " Why?" " Because!" " Say it!" " You know very well you can't work here without me!" "If I don't allow it." "You know it very well!" "You can't just get together with a bull, right?" "You know it very well." " Oh yes?" " You know it very well." "Know what?" "You don't come here any more!" " If I see you, I break your arms and legs." "You go back where you come from!" "Understand?" "You go back there!" "To the cotton factory." "Fine?" "For 2000 a month..." " ..." "Or 3000." "Alright?" " Why can't I come here to..." " You can't go anywhere!" "I won't let you!" " Why?" " Because you're arrogant, characterless!" " Sure." " You took all the money!" " What money?" " All the money!" " Ok." " You took 8000 forints and 300 DM!" "Did you?" "Did you?" " Alright, don't shout!" " Don't laugh in my face!" "Don't laugh!" "No..." "Don't paddle me!" "Don't laugh!" "Leave me!" "Stop it, I'll tell..." "I make your mouth bleed!" " So what?" " Stop laughing!" "Where is the money?" "Where is it?" "Then..." "Give me the money!" "Give me!" " I have 500 forints with me..." " I lost... 50000 forints!" "Look..." "I lost 50000 forints." " I will give you some then." " No, I don't need any Listen, Andrea." " Yes?" " It's 7:30 p.m. I need 10000 forints till 9 p.m." " Sure!" " Because I got to play again." "Where the hell should I get it from?" "I am not dependent on your money!" "And what..." " Listen, I tell you..." "I tell..." "I am not dependent on your money!" "I expect the same from you..." " Don't be arrogant!" " You can't tell me what to do!" "Don't paddle me!" "Stop it!" "What is it?" "You love me?" " And what if I love you?" " I'm awesome, ain't I?" "Huh?" " I don't care..." " You like me?" "Come here!" "Huh?" "You like me?" "Give Daddy a kiss!" "..." "Ten thousand." " After you stop playing cards..." " I have my gold, everything taken away from me as pawn." "I want them back, Andrea..." "Why do you play?" " Because I can afford to!" " Why can you afford to?" "Why?" "Why can you afford to?" "Hmm?" "D o I fuck so that you can play?" " You can do it, my girl!" " Leave me alone!" " Can't you?" " No, I can't." " Remember what I said when we got together?" "I said if you come here, I'll break your leg." "If you come to the Square." "Remember?" " So?" " Why?" "If you come here, at least make money." " Oh a handsome guy." " Handsome?" " Good, very good." " What is it you fucker, heh?" "What's up, you wanna fuck?" "I told you, you don't get a penny!" "I told you to shut up!" "I punch you in the cheek!" "I'm telling you..." "Listen!" "Because you disappeared for two days..." "For this 2 days..." "I pull out your womb!" "Because you disappeared." " Oh you're jealous!" " Yes, I am!" " Really?" " Don't you wanna go?" " Tarzan!" "We should move on." "Ok?" "Do you want her to do business or not?" " Fine!" "Now, get the hell out of here!" "Get out of this neighborhood." "Alright!" "?" " Don't you need the 10000 forints?" " I don't need it, get lost." " Get lost!" " Alright, I'm going." " Get the fucking hell out of here!" " I'm going..." " Move your fucking ass!" " Was this serious?" " It was." " Now, do you know them?" " Hi girls!" " Hello!" " Tell me, which one is the most beautiful!" "I'm really interested." " The girl on the left." " Her?" "I don't sleep with women like these." "Never." "Now..." "Are you sure that they were women?" "Uh..." "Good question." " I think so... they used to be." " What are they now?" "Machines." "To put it more harshly, bags..." " He's chosen you." "He likes you the most." " So?" " I asked him if..." " ...he could believe you're boys." " Yes?" "What did he say?" " He said it's possible but that you must be a girl." " Yes?" " Do you want proof?" "Hmm?" " Sure." " Come." " Ok, I think that's enough." "How do you prepare for the evening job?" " It's not a job, it's fun." " What do you have to say things like that?" " What is the fun part in sucking for 1000 forints?" " No, don't pretend its fun..." " Why do you deny it?" " You do the same, buddy." " I've been doing this since the age of 9." "My parents knew, the whole family knew." "They didn't judge me for this." " Why are they laughing?" "He laughs because I was only 9..." " Why, what about you?" "I was 12, on the banks of the Tisza river." "The recognition came there..." "I was in the 6th grade." "I was always among girls and my teacher called me "Melinda"." "At home, I tried on women's clothes." "I tried on my mum's clothes, shoes in front of the mirror, since then..." " ..." "I call myself Melinda." " I was also looking forward to be alone at home, I liked to wear my sister's shoes." "I was always eager to be alone, close the door and change into a woman." " But how did you become prostitutes?" "I started in 1983, with Nelli and the others." "I was very shy then." "I didn't dare get in any cars." "Two years later Gloria appeared." "The mannequin, a Madonna... and" "Is she the Madonna?" " Yes." " Yes, she is the Madonna." "She took me to a shop, bought me clothes and I went out like that." "What's the name of that bar..." " Terminal." " In Terminal bar, Gloria danced for 6000 forints" "A dance was 6000 forints." "I was 18 when I made it to Pest." "I got to know Nelly... and she told me to dress up, because I could make thousands this way." "She took me to Kalman Konyves Boulevard." "She did my make up, dressed me up." "This was the first time." "When I was alone, I secretly dressed up and I liked how men treated me." "I met beautiful men." "They treated me as a woman." "One of them wanted to marry me." "The next day I went by myself." "You guys started earlier than me." "I started prostitution as a boy." "I was 17 when I already earned thousands." "I got used to being well paid." "I was very well paid as a young homosexual." "I earned thousands in the trucks car park." "A friend took me to Mihaly Horvath Square, she said I'm very feminine with a good figure and I should dress up and go and make money." "First I tried to put on boys' clothes with just a slight makeup." "5 cars stopped and I got thousands of forints." "After that..." "I've known Krisztina, Melinda, Csilla for a long time." "Friends came day by day." "We dressed up, put on make-up." "Oh, how we love hairdressing and dressing up..." "It's real life!" "You get money for making love but actually it's a pleasurable feeling." "It's a great thing!" "Actually, we trick people, we're imitators." "But we get joy for a special half an hour, 5-10 or 2 minutes... depends." " Once I had a whole night." " Look, the thing is..." "Money..." "I've been a prostitute from the beginning." "Gay people have a disadvantage." "It's very difficult..." "There isn't a normal club for us." "Our life philosophies are different..." " ...than those of ordinary people." " That's true, wherever I go," "I can't make friends." "I'm rather on my own, I'm afraid of them." "Too bad!" "I was my family's favorite so I had to escape." "Although, I loved my mother, I couldn't be with her any more." "I need this kind of lifestyle, and I can't live like this at home..." " ..." "I'd be sad, I'd have to hide forever." " My parents know it, they love me." "My siblings know it." "They know what I'm up to." "What's more, my mother got to know what I was doing and she asked me: "What are you doing, my child?" "Why do you do it?"" "I tell her:" ""This is what makes me happy."" "So this is why I don't go back home." "It's not possible." "I would not be able to be the boy I used to be, who said goodbye to them." "Not anymore." "Haven't you been with women?" " We have." " Yes, all of us." " Oh yes?" " What kind of experience is that?" " Very bad." " It was bad, I couldn't bear it for long." "I told her after a month that a man can give me more pleasure than a woman." "There was no pleasure in it." "I had to hold her hands in the streets." "Hey, don't touch me, I said." "It was a shame for me to walk with her." "I told her to stop touching me over and over again!" "Actually, you don't know at first that you are gay." "When we enter adolescence we don't yet know what it is." "It's just later that we realize we are not normal people." "But we..." "We choose to be with the same sex." "We are attracted to it." "This is a special feeling..." "I cannot explain but when I sleep with a girl" "I don't feel good." "I know that I need something else." "I need to love the body of a man." "This's very exciting." "It's not just that it's exciting, Krisztina." "It's not that simple." "I've thought about it a lot." "Why am I not normal?" "I could be either a woman or a man." "Often I don't know where I belong when I go to Mihaly Horvath Square and Rakoczi Square, or anywhere else." "Very often I cannot decide where I belong." "I don't wanna be a girl, nor a boy because this is a good experience and I always reshape it, I keep having new relationships." " Yes, I think, the most embarrassing thing, what people don't understand is that it goes on up to a point." "But then how come they don't recognize it?" " They don't know it." " Men are like... usually... very stupid." "Let me tell you another story." "Let it be two." "I started to work at Mihaly Horvath Square in November." "In November 1987." "I got to know a beautiful young man." "We met intimately a few times." "Several times. 8-10 times." "At one point he started... he courted me as if I was a girl..." "As if I was a normal, respectable girl one gets to know." " How cute!" "Then, he asked my hand, wanted to know me better" "I can't remember everything, it was so sudden." "When we met the last time... it was not actually the last, because we had an affair after that" "So he was my client for 8-10 occasions in 2 months," "So he told me he was in love." "And that he doesn't see me as a prostitute." "He gave me little gifts." "First a wristwatch, then perfume." "He took me to the cinema, to an evening show." "I was in Lido with him, we watched Szép Ilonka, and at other places and I didn't have the courage to tell him I'm a boy." "I asked my friends to help me, I knew it can't go on like this because" "I suffered too." "I loved him..." " ...then he got to know that I'm a boy..." " In the hotel." " Yes, in the hotel." " Did you tell him?" "I did." "He took me to the hotel and told me he wanted to give me complete pleasure." "It was an expensive place, he was a rich boy, and I told him the truth." "On that occasion nothing happened between us." "He left." "I came home too." "I felt very bad about the whole thing, I suffered because I had feelings for him." "A week later he came to the Square and said:" ""Glória, I don't care what you are, how you dress, I accept you as you are."" "I couldn't believe my ears, I didn't know that he would love me so much." "I told him to leave me alone, it would be the best for everyone." "Now, Csilla." "You are a woman, aren't you?" "Yes." "How do you all work together?" "Well... when a client comes he says if he wants French and ordinary sex." "If he wants to screw they take me with them because I can have an intercourse." "Then..." "I don't know." "Gloria does the French, me the screwing." "I've heard that you don't like to be caught by the police." "That's right." "What do you do when they catch you?" "When they take me in, I usually cut my hands, swallow blades," "I prick different parts of my body with needles." " Let me see your hands!" " Both of them?" " Yes." "Will these ever heal?" "Yes." "Well, like this." "The scars will stay." "How can you do this?" "What's the point?" "They let me leave the police station." "What else do you do to yourself?" "Well..." "I swallow razor blades, or prick myself with needles." " Where?" " Into my boobs." "You draw a needle out of nothing or what?" " No..." "I hide them." "I always have blades and needles with me." "When they catch me, I immediately..." "Well, prick it deeply in my skin." "I grab it, prick it, then they take me to have it X-rayed." "The doctor declares that I truly have a needle in me, I must be operated on." "Or they take me to the hospital and allow me to be alone." "Do you have needles in you now?" "Yes, three needles." "In your boobs?" "Yes, in my left one." "Doesn't it hurt?" "Well, not now." "Sometimes it does." "How and why did you start prostitution?" "I got into an institute on 7 April '82." "I escaped and got to know a girl who had been a whore for 10 years." "I got started in hotels, I speak Arabic perfectly." "" " Really?" "Yes and..." "I thought people would appreciate me." "I was 14." "I thought people would look up to me and that it's a big honour to be a whore." "Why did you think that?" "Well... that's what I thought." "What should a 14 year old girl think?" "What did that girl tell you?" "That I will have money." "I can buy everything." "Although, I got everything from my parents, they couldn't give me 10-15 thousands daily." " Have you ever worked in your life?" "Well yes, for two months." " What?" "In the institute, I completed a needlework course for women." "I lived in the country with my parents for two months." "That was my first job." "I was a seamstress for a month, then a tailor." "Was it that bad?" "Yes." " Why?" "Uhm..." "It was bad to work eight hours a day." "I worked from 6 a.m., then from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. No." "Isn't there a job you can imagine as your profession?" "Besides this?" "No." " Alright then, take it, let it be yours." " I bought one of them." " Alright." " I have panties, I don't need any." " I bought a pair of earrings too." " How beautiful!" " How much was it?" " This one for 220 forints." " So wonderful!" "Yes." " It is." " So wonderful." " It doesn't suit me." " How many panties do you wear?" " As for me, I wear two." " Don't send things flying." " Have you seen my boobs?" "No, dearie, I haven't seen them..." "I don't know where you've put them!" "Look, there's a pitcher over there." "They might be there." "I could always find all my things so far." "Dearie, don't fight with me, I have no idea where you put've them!" "Ok-ok, I got them!" "What is there, Melinda?" "Well, my boobs." "But what is it?" " I'll show you." " You show them, I don't want to." "Is it top secret?" "Yes, it is secret." "Alright then, you show them." " Kriszti will show hers." " Where is my handbag?" "Take it out please!" "All of it?" "Yes." "Oh, what a good film!" "Turn around please to face the lights!" "Like this, good." "Everything alright?" "Shall I show it?" "Cam is on, everything?" " Yes." "Wait!" "hold it out for a moment so that we can observe." " What is it actually?" " Condom." " Condom filled with water." " You should say balloon." " Condom?" " So if a man touches them, he will think they're real?" " Yes." " Yes." "For sure?" " Touch them!" " Touch them!" "Touch mine, they're real." " Are they?" "Do you do it every day?" " No." " I must do it today because I threw them away..." " ...by mistaken yesterday." " Watch the size because..." "A litte bit more!" "Oh... enough, this is too much already!" "Not too much." "Oh, look..." "How cute it is!" "Give me your hand!" "How much time does it take you to get ready?" " An hour, or half an hour." " A lot of time because everyone has to do her make-up, though I put the powder on my face for myself." "She only does my make-up." "Do you have any fear of being recognized on Mihály Horvath Square?" " Yes, a lot." " Come closer." " Here is the whole make-up." " Where are my lipstick and powder?" " There, among those." " You took the other away." " What did you bring the thread for?" " Because you put everything in it..." "Shall we apply soap?" "But it comes off with soap." "You don't like foam, do you?" "No..." "Do you usually do it with soap?" "Yes, with soap." "Isn't it a problem?" "I can see you have quite strong facial hair." " No!" "Has anyone recognized it yet?" "Not yet." "I've been doing this for 7 years." "For how long can one do this?" "Are you planning to do this forever?" "Well, no." "I'll do this as long as I'm needed." "If I'm not needed any more, I'll stop." "What will you do then?" "If you are not needed anymore?" "I have no idea." "Then I guess, I will live from my memories." "I've been putting on make-up since the age of 18." " Do me a favor now... and tell me your names..." " My real name?" " The real one?" "No, not that... your woman names." " Gloria." " Melinda." " Krisztina." " Shall I say?" "Nelly." "May I ask where the new supplies come from?" " Yes... the new supplies." " Say it, it doesn't matter." "The girls bring the supplies, they borrow things, and give them to us." "People are self-employed." "Every one of you has a girl?" " No!" " No!" " Not everyone is a pimp." "We are self-employed." "He is a pimp, and he is a pimp... and he!" " Janos Hugyos is a pimp." " And Csopi also." "Old Csopi... the bus driver!" " Gimme one!" " Here is your woman, Tarzan!" " Andi is here!" " What's up with you?" " Nothing." "Get away from here!" "You!" "Get lost!" " Why are you shouting at me?" " I told you!" "Get lost!" "Did you bring anything?" "Huh?" " I give you..." " Ok, I see...." " Five." " Ok, five for all." "Give me something, necklace, ring!" "Give it to me!" "How much do you want?" "Give me ten." " When will you take pay for it?" " Tomorrow." " 10000 forints." " Or today." " I give it to you for..." " How much?" " Heh?" " 20000 forints." " It was worth it." "Go away!" "Get the fuck out of here!" "I told you to go to hell for Chrissake!" "Move it..." "Leave me alone." "She's here every day." "Go away!" "Give me money!" "First, give me money!" " Did you lose that much?" " Give me!" "Quickly!" " What?" "What the fuck is this?" " I have more." " Fine, then go and make some more, go!" "This is nothing." "I've just lost 20000 forints, go take a little walk!" " All right." "I will be outside." " Tell the girls to bring more money!" "I don't know, I have a nice tattoo there... it will scare you." " Hurry up!" " The panties too." " Keep calm!" " Why the hurry?" " Time is money, that's why." "Is it good?" "It's not for free." "Do you always have to undress completely?" " I usually do to be more... more..." " You do it very badly, Parduc!" " I don't care." " You should just take off your panties and then ask for money." " Lie down." " Like this?" " Good but stop it with my boobs." " I'm just caressing them a bit." " Ok." "Isn't your gun working?" "In the beginning it is like this..." "In a relationship like this do men immediately desire you, Parduc?" "I have no idea." "I've never asked them about it." " But you feel it, don't you?" "Well, not all of them." "Hurry up a bit, darling." " If you go on urging me..." " Alright, but you didn't give me..." " I paid you." " Ok, but that's not for hours!" " No." " Lie casually." "Párduc, don't you speak to your clients normally?" "No, I don't." "What should I talk about?" "That life is beautiful?" " Is it better if we put it in?" " Ok!" "Come on top of me." "You witch..." "Aren't you ready yet?" " Stop urging me, it's not horse racing, ok?" " Ok, then hurry up!" "I don't have all day." "Do you usually say things like this?" "Yes!" "Don't you think it makes your clients anxious?" "It's me who has a right to be anxious because he hasn't got off yet!" "But he barely has 2 minutes..." " Too much!" " Wait a little longer please." " I'll pay more." " Fine, that will be an extra 1000." " Half of it but it doesn't matter..." "You!" "Oh, you!" "Santa Madonna!" "Move... a little bit more!" "I'll buy the whole world for you." "You!" "Are you ready?" "Fine then, let me go." " Go wash yourself!" " Wait a minute..." "Have you ever been with a prostitute?" "Very often." "I'm a sailor." "Is there a difference between Hungarian and foreign girls?" "All of them are cute, when I see the world in pink." " Didn't you feel urged by Andrea?" "Unfortunately, in Hungary they are like this fast." "So you would prefer to do it in a relaxed way?" "A cigarette, a drink..." "It is like a job." "Maybe it is job for the lady." "For me..." "it is enjoyment, entertainment." "She is a nice girl but they do it differently in other countries." "We've been drinking all night." "I met her in the morning and all in all..." "How do you say it in Hungary?" "It was a pleasant surprise." " Oh, yes?" "Why?" "Because I think all women are kind in bed." "She's a nice girl." "Can you explain the difference between Hungarian and foreign girls?" "Maybe in their kindness." "Polish and Russian girls give everything to the guest." "These here are more crafty, but she's a nice girl..." "Do you think they are needed?" "Well, I think... of course, they are." "There are many like me, sailors or truckdrivers." "If you're abroad, you must find an outlet for stress..." "I see." "Do you have a family?" "Well..." "I married several times." "Sure, I have." "One wife abroad and... how to say..." "a wife in every port." " I see." "Here I don't have a regular girlfriend yet but I will surely have." "Girls are beautiful here." "There's something in them." "Russian, Polish girls are blondes." "These are blacks." "These are fiery." "In bed too, you only have to get used to being "schnell"." "Here it is a bit different." "Wasn't this too short?" "No, it is natural that it's this short." "It is like this every time." "How did you like Andrea?" "Well, in the long run, Andrea..." "excuse me!" "Thank you so much." " We should repeat this but more slowly!" " Ok, fine, if you pay more." "I'll rather spare more and have less fun." " Fine." "So, is it always such a hurry?" "Yes, it is. 5-6 minutes maximum." "What are you thinkingabout in the meantime?" "When will he get off finally!" "Stop going down, or I will tear you to pieces!" "Got it?" " Are you crazy?" " I don't care, Andrea!" "Either you stop or I will beat the crap out of you!" "I doubt that we will stay together but I want to." " Don't go to the Square, ok?" " You don't... you don't understand." " You don't understand why I am like this." " Well tell me then, Andrea!" "Let me sit here." "Tell me!" "Tell me, Andrea!" "Stop it, don't cry!" "I have forgotten about these..." "Tell me!" "Because..." "look, my Andrea!" "You know how it is..." "you are full of stress, and me too, every day." "When I come home..." "I get upset over the smallest thing." "You too." "I am the stronger one..." "See?" "It is always you who comes off badly." "See?" "Stop it and let's try it in a different way." "If it is not good, you can still go on with this." " But not with me." " No?" " Not with me." " Why?" " Because I love you." " That's why?" "You see, you wanna leave me because you love me!" " Do you see how stupid you are, hm?" "This is you." "But Andrea, try to put yourself in my place!" "Imagine me going to the Square amd you are waiting for me to come home..." " ...knowing that I've been with 5-6 people!" " Yes?" "How could you touch me?" "How could you caress me?" "Did you ever imagine what this is like?" "No." "No!" "Then, you can guess it's not a pleasant feeling!" "The money..." "Money is not everything!" "Why don't you try and find a relationship in which you're not loved for your money." "You always say that I need you only for your money." "I don't need your money." "Why don't you find a relationship..." "Why do you have, I don't know, relationships like this, at all?" "With an old man like me." "Why?" "You are young, why don't you live your life?" " Because I love you!" " Why me?" "Andrea, listen, you have a child, don't you?" " Yes." " Do you?" " Yes." " Is he yours?" " He's mine." "Why, whose child should he be?" " Where is he?" " Why do you ask that?" "You know where he is?" "Answer me!" "Where is he?" "Where is the child?" " In state care!" " In state care, and don't you think that" " ...that one day..." " What?" " Your child should be taken out!" "If you keep doing things like this, you will destroy your nerves, your soul." "You are done already!" "I'm done... that doesn't matter but you..." "you're already done!" "Am I right?" "Truly, don't you think of your beautiful child?" "I would go crazy..." "I have two girls, you know very well and I... we shouldn't talk about this!" "I was in the institute for long." "I know what an institute's like." "Your son doesn't know yet, he is too young." " You said we would take him out!" " I won't, Andrea if you keep going to the Square!" "As things are you will never take him out!" "..." " ..." "Also because of the law." " You said that we would have a regular flat, and business, I don't know, and we would take him out!" " You want to do business from this money?" " Yes!" " Why?" " How on earth then, from a 4000 forints salary?" "But my Andrea, listen!" "Yes, from that, as any normal person!" " Listen, my Andi!" "Believe it!" " No, I won't believe it!" "I also wonder... that me, who has gone through everything... a brigand, a mugger that's what I am!" " Yes..." "Who am I?" "Who am I?" "A dipshit, a damn pimp, who takes the money away from the girls and beats them to death... they say, Feri Toth, "Tarzan" beats and kicks the girls, takes away their money for card games!" "Is it so?" "Yes." "When I lock myself up, and for 3-4 days I don't go out and paint... and visit museums, and I sit in front of a painting from morning to night." "They warn me because I spend so much time there that they think" "I'm some art thief because I'm looking at a picture." "Almost every picture has its story, I read about them, analyse them," "I talk about them in my dreams, I wake up, ..." "This is true, so" "I'm going crazy, and I don't know how..." "This life is already part of me, I can't..." "I can't imagine myself without Rakoczi Square... and she, if she won't stop, then..." "then... and she won't stop." "She won't stop... because she believes that she does this for the sake of the child..." "When you get your child back, you want to give him everything... but it's not the way to give him everything because one day he will learn the truth about you and will leave you." "He will tell you:" ""Mother, look, I don't need anything from you." "Leave me alone."" "What will you do then?" "You will hang yourself..." "You know I had a girlfriend... and there are many like her..." "They die young, beautiful." "They die!" "They escape into suicide, delirium or drugs..." "beause... they can take no more." "It's unbearable." "Me... this..." "I simply... simply can't imagine." "How can you do this?" "How?" "You go to the Square every day, sleep with 5-6 or 3 people, then come home." "How can you...?" " Or do you enjoy it?" " No." " You know well that I often get upset." " You get upset... when I shout at you for not having washed the clothes." "Heh?" " It's not true." " Is it not the case my dear Andi?" " No." "Don't tell me you don't like this life, ok?" "Be honest!" " You like it a little bit." "Heh?" " Oh, I like it a lot." "Totally." "I saw you today getting in a Mercedes joyfully shaking your bums." "Who was that?" " Uh... a man." " What kind of man?" " Snowman?" " Snowman." " So?" " So what?" " Did he have money?" " No." " When will you have money?" " I swear, I would have already..." " Hmm, go on!" "What did you want to say?" " Aww!" " That's embarrassing!" "Finish your sentence!" "You would have already left me, if I didn't work." " Yes, thank you." " Gimme a hi-5!" "Leave me alone." "Is this what you wanted to say?" "That's nice." "You let the cat out of the bag." " What shall I say?" "She earns 10000 forints, I earn nothing, she gives it to me." "Here you are, take it!" "Shouldn't I accept it?" "She comes home in the evening and says: "My Feri", and strokes me." "Sometimes it makes me shiver." "I feel I could kill her." "She recognizes this or something and she gives me the money and then... she kind of compensates with it and I won't hurt her then." "Give me a cigarette!" "But she'll never be happy." "Andrea will never be happy." "This all is only a masque, she say she loves me or she doesn't." "This situation is just fine with her." " Am I right, Andrea?" " No." " You love me?" "Why?" " Because you are stupid." "Because I am stupid." "Thanks to our characters to have made this film possible."