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- BFI identifier460711
- Date1996 (Copyright)
1998-01-30 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisStella, a teenager from Scotland, comes to London to escape her abusive father. While in London she works as a prostitute for a pimp named Mr Peters but extricates herself from him and the situation by returning to Glasgow. Stella finds work selling flowers but finds it is not easy to make a break from her past life. (Synopsis) About a Scottish teenager working as a prostitute in London and her efforts to free herself from the clutches of her oily, paternalistic pimp. She escapes to Glasgow with her friend, a small time hustler, and tries to deal with her abusive past. When the two return to London to start again, she manages to get her life together but her friend begins to slip back into his bad ways. She is forced into one last confrontation with her former life. (Synopsis)
- Work historyBudget reported as £650,000.
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Title
Stella Does Tricks (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/5728-561E-73AD-C3CB-BDF9-PCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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Work - 460711 - 1996 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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