Rossiya (2014)

Synopsis

Rossiya, an 18-year-old girl from Uzbekistan with big dreams, hoped to receive a scholarship to attend the Bolshoi Ballet School, but her dream was shattered by the collapse of the Soviet Union. She took a job as a dancer at a nightclub in Seoul to earn money for tuition, lured by the promise of a Korean employment agency that "you can earn money and become successful just by dancing in Korea." However, the agency that placed her did not pay the wages promised for seven months, and her debt continued to grow due to her stay. She ended up living in a cramped villa in Ansan with other migrant worker women, gradually transforming into a sex slave engaged in alcohol service and prostitution...

Release Date: 2014-05-29

Director: Maeng Gwan-pyo