The most recent testament to enduring popularity of the prostitute character in Russian film is the 2007 NTV television series Accursed Paradise (Prokliatyi rai), produced by Sergei Sendyk. Hailed as “the first Russian erotic serial” (pervyi rossiiskii eroticheskii serial), the forty-eight episode series details the activities inside an elite club/brothel on the outskirts of Moscow.[...]
Emily Schuckman, kinokultura.com
