Rat Winter (1988)
Directed by Thomas Hellberg
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides
Walter (Kent Andersson) is a retired sailor and former boxer who meets a 13-year-old prostitute and drug addict (Ulrika Hansson) in this symbolic action drama. Moved by her plight, he complains to the local police about the problem of child prostitution and drug dealing in the area. When they do nothing to stop the problem, Walter recruits Carina (Eva Britt Strandberg), a veteran hooker with a heart of gold (or course) to track down the gangleaders who force the young girls into sexual slavery and drug addiction. Carina's presence keeps Walter from being killed as she accompanies him through the seamier side of the Stockholm underworld.
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addiction, boxing, police, prostitute/prostitution, sailor