A Whore Like Me

Society/Biography, Israel 2019

When Shilla was 22, she was kidnapped from a pub in Hungary and sold to work as a prostitute in Israel, along with other young women from Eastern Europe. Twenty years on, Shilla has managed to free herself from the grip of the men who destroyed her life. She also broke away from drug abuse and has managed to stay clean for a decade already. Now she tries to support other women by volunteering for the Levinsky Clinic that provides medical and psyhco–social services to prostitutes in Tel Aviv. When the Ministry of Interior in Israel refuses to grant Shilla a residency permit, she goes looking for her kidnappers to obtain proof that she is a survivor of sex trafficking. The journey to the past forces Shilla to return to the scene of prostitution, only this time with a little more power and a camera in hand. Shilla begins to document and work through the trauma. But at what price does it come to confront painful memories?
63 min
HD
Starting at 18
Audio language:
Hebrew
Subtitles:
English

Awards

Nomination DocAviv Best Documentary
Israel Documentary Film Awards Best Documentary
Ophir - Award of the Israeli Film Academy Best Documentary 2019

More information

Sound Design:

Ronen Nagel

Editor:

Sharon Yaish

Original title:

זונה כמוני

Original language:

HebrewHungarian

Further titles:

Zona Kamoni

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age rating:

Starting at 18

Audio language:

Hebrew

Subtitles:

English