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Drama (1975) 100 minutes ~ Color

The young girl Keetje moves to Amsterdam in 1881 with her impoverished family, and is led into prostitution in order to survive. In the process she sees the corrupting influence of money.

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Writers: Neel Doff (novel), Gerard Soeteman

Stars: Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Andrea Domburg
Transcript
00:00I'm out of here.
00:29You have to suck it out.
00:31You did that as a child, didn't you?
00:43Keiichi Chippell, a film of uncompromising realism.
00:55It takes you behind the closed doors of Victorian Europe.
00:58Hold it.
01:06From sordid brutality...
01:10...to lyrical beauty.
01:12KEIICHI CHIPPELL
01:27Keiichi Chippell.
01:31From its gilded salons where the smirking face of virtue conceals corruption and vice...
01:38...to its steaming streets, exploding with the passions of a world in ferment.
01:52Keiichi Chippell, a girl sold on the streets by her own mother.
02:01She struggled out of the gutters to become a grand lady.
02:08KEIICHI CHIPPELL
02:14No matter how much they tried to degrade her, Keiichi remained true to herself.
02:31Keiichi Chippell.
02:33An unforgettable masterpiece, already acclaimed as the best foreign film in the last ten years.
02:43A powerful story, woven from the fabric of human behavior.
02:47Raw. Real.
02:51Filled with the juices of life.
03:03People, gold is on the streets.
03:06Keep an eye on that.
03:08Let the brokers talk.
03:12Boys, why would you still be poor?
03:33This is Keiichi Chippell.
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