Girl Model Page #2

Synopsis: A documentary on the modeling industry's 'supply chain' between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S., told through the experiences of the scouts, agencies, and a 13-year-old model.
Production: First Run Features
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
78 min
£21,154
Website
79 Views


It's pretty isolated.

They're sleeping.

One boy and one girl.

I got them from a dollar store,

or something.

When I bought my house,

I got the babies at the same time.

I felt like I had a home,

so I should have a baby.

I was 23 at the time.

I had three, but then I dissected one.

I mean, the models that we meet

in Russia are really little girls,

just the babies,

but they're not my children.

I mean, I'm not at that point yet.

I'm in that precarious place

where they don't really know,

like, can they be my friend?

I care about the girls a lot.

I don't feel, like, inspired by...

I don't know. No, I do really

care about the girls. It's just...

I don't feel so...

Like I have some, you know,

big truth to tell them

about the amazing business,

that I'm going to change their lives

and make them be fulfilled,

because it's very tough.

Very tough business.

I'm trying to remember how I felt

the first time I landed in Japan.

I'm having a hard time

remembering the first flight,

but I remember walking into the agency,

and meeting with Sako, who was my booker.

The Japanese always want something new.

And it's the best place

for the new face to come,

so Tigran wants to send

his models to Japan,

then Messiah wants to

receive the new models.

It's more convenient to have me in New York

where I can meet girls in New York,

fly to Europe, cover certain regions,

so they pay me a small

commission to be the scout.

'Cause Messiah is 40,

and the models are 13.

So...

Messiah... Messiah.

Messiah owns Switch. He loves, I mean...

Loves models.

By foot, we go.

Three, two, action.

Hello, my name is Nadya

and I'm 15 years old.

Many, many questions.

But don't answer. I don't hear answer.

Why?

Discuss.

I think that the main issue for me

is that there is a lot of 13,

14, 15 years old girls.

I mean, there is, too, in Europe,

and all of them say that no,

in Europe and America they don't

use any girl under 16 any more,

but the girls, I see them at

the casting, I talk to them.

But who is to blame?

We can't blame the girls,

because they're just being sent.

We can't blame the families,

because maybe they are in need.

Can we blame the agency that took them on,

because a client will take them?

Can we blame the clients

that will pretend or won't know,

actually, how old those girls are?

There's no-one to blame,

but the whole thing is so wrong.

They all play blind, really,

and if they used 13 or

14-year-old girls, it means, did you not

want any girls that are

the shape of a woman, really.

Seven for Russia, so

you start from area code.

I don't know, it's your number.

You got area code?

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Ike Barinholtz

Isaac "Ike" Barinholtz (born February 18, 1977) is an American comedian, actor and screenwriter. He was a cast member on MADtv from 2002 to 2007, Eastbound & Down (2012), and had a regular role on The Mindy Project. In his film work, he is best known for his acting roles in Neighbors (2014) and its sequel, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Sisters (2015), Suicide Squad (2016) and Blockers (2018), as well for as co-writing the screenplay for the 2016 comedy film Central Intelligence. more…

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