ROSA is a film on the brutal reality of Russian women who, after the fall of the Soviet Union and establishment of diplomatic ties between Korea and Russia in Sept. 1990, come to Korea in pursuit of the ‘Korean Dream’ but are degraded to ultimately become Russian escort girls (inter-girls) in the entertainment districts of Seoul. Dreaming of becoming a ballerina, Rosa gets a job at a nightclub in Seoul to earn school tuition. She also gets the E-6 working via through a Ko...more

ROSA is a film on the brutal reality of Russian women who, after the fall of the Soviet Union and establishment of diplomatic ties between Korea and Russia in Sept. 1990, come to Korea in pursuit of the ‘Korean Dream’ but are degraded to ultimately become Russian escort girls (inter-girls) in the entertainment districts of Seoul. Dreaming of becoming a ballerina, Rosa gets a job at a nightclub in Seoul to earn school tuition. She also gets the E-6 working via through a Korean agent she contacted from an Uzbekistan newspaper. She thought that ‘if I can dance in Korea, I will be able to earn money and become successful’. It was a naive dream. She danced from 7 p.m. till 4 a.m. every day without any payment for 7 months, only to become more in debt from increase in living expenses. With no way out, she starts a life of an escort girl with 3 other foreign women living in a small house in Ansan, slowly becoming a slave of sex.less