Personal Services1987

Director
Terry Jones

Acters

Julie Walters (Christine)
Shirley Stelfox (Shirley)
Alec McCowen (Wing Commander Morten)
Danny Schiller (Dolly)
Tim Woodward (Timms)
Victoria Hardcastle (Rose)

The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne.
Christine Painter is a naive waitress and single mother who pays for her teenage son David’s tuition by renting London flats to call girls. After one of her “tenants”, Rose, refuses to pay rent, Christine realizes she can do sex work herself in the flat Rose abandons. Soon she hatches a scheme with fellow sex worker Shirley to provide strictly kinky services such as bondage and fetish roleplay to an upscale clientele. They rent a suburban house where they are joined by their “maid” Dolly.
“’Personal Services’ is not a sensational movie, nor does it want to be. It is a study of banality, with flashes of genuine comedy.” – rogerebert.com
“Jones, who directed most of the Python films and took every opportunity himself to dress in women’s clothing in sketches, directs this La Dolly Vita with wit and warmth.” – The Washington Post
“’Personal Services’ is liberating as well as entertaining, often funny and sometimes sad, and it is well sustained throughout by David Leland’s confident, surefooted screenplay, Walters’s wholehearted playing and loyal support from the Brit support cast.” – derekwinnert.com