Men for Hire (2008) - full transcript

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a film by EDWARD POREMBNY

MEN FOR HIRE

Hello, hi Joasia, my
dear, how've you been?

Me? Well, ok. I've been
thinking about that wedding.

You know, I need someone to go with to
the wedding,somebody I can dance with,

talk to, nice,
charming, delightful.

I don't know what to do with
it,you know, it's like?

Good morning

Hi



Hello

- I don't know if you remember my
- neighbour,
- Ola, the one with black hair,

she was at my birthday party

Hmmm...

Her sister had a
problem similar to yours

hmmm? - And fancy
that she hired a guy.

Hired a guy?

- - Yeah, there are men like that,
- I think she found him on the Internet,

I don't know if someone
recommended him.

?but do you know
anything else about it?

It's a guy who you pay to spend some time
with you,maybe at a family gathering.

It's not like there is an implication
of sex,it's a man that...

- it's just a job for him.
- You pay him to keep you company.

A companion, like,
lets say geisha?



Yes, just like that.

You can have a
conversation and dance,

they're probably the kind of guyswho
would include dancing in the package.

I wonder what type of a
man does that kind of work.

You know, it might be just an average guywho
doesn't necessarily want to go to bed with you,

or feel you up or touch you.
He simply goes to work.

My father also works
nights,only he's a driver.

Oh yes, that's a slightly
different kind of work.

Yeah, but he could just as well pull
overbecause a girl is available, right?

Are you busy? You have no time
to... to meet other people?

Are you a successful woman making a
career,but your social life is non-existent?

- Call me, drop me a line, lets meet.
- The price subject to negotiation.

I am a student at the University
of Physical Education.

I'd like to do something connected with
sport,open my own gym, a health centre.

It would have a SPA, massages,beauty
treatment, a physician.

When it comes to a general goal
in life,don't rush into it.

It is the most important thing,and
not rushing all the time,

running and pursuing money.

Women are more and more emancipationist,they
value their own time more,

they're independent, want to
develop and have a career.

I think that women want
that kind of freedom.

They become stronger, more
and more independent,

they hold executive positions in big
companies,and that used to be very rare.

On the other hand,
men become weaker.

Therefore a strong woman
doesn'twant to be with a weak man,

he wouldn't be a compatible
partner for her.

Badboys group, how
can I help you?

Hi Krystian. OK?

For tonight, right?

No, tonight we are in Wrocław.

So I don't have anyone
here who I could send.

Lie down sweetheart, lie down.

I've really changed, I've changed a
- lot.
- I used to feel sorry for myself,

have a cry, how ill I am, right?

Now it's different.

My Dawid said that I was very closeto
becoming an ignorant, spiteful old hag.

Up to a point Dawid had
contact with his father.

Even though we're divorced,

I used to take Dawid for every holidayto
see him, until he could go by himself.

One moment please.

Badboys Group, how
can I help you?

Women understand that the Badboys erotic
danceris of a very high standard,

he is well mannered
and well educated.

I have a dual degree and
I'm very happy with it,

everyone says I am
a double engineer.

When we showed our faces, described
ourselves,gave detailed descriptions...

we gave all our details,

schools we graduated from,we
didn't hide anything.

And then women started
to trust us, fully.

Walking in the city, doing
my everyday things,

going to the post-office,

I meet a girl who was at a
bachelorette party where I worked.

I go anywhere, to
shops, the gym.

Everywhere I see women
who have been to a show.

In a country such as Poland, a
backwater country, very Catholic,

some things seem prudish,the
whole country is prudish.

Our profession is a
thing that, you know...

It's awful how these man can take
- their cloths off?
- What are they doing?

They are simply male
hookers;some people think that.

- Say, how are our boys
- going?
- How are our Badboys?

Everything's OK.

OK? That's good.

Yeah, they've been to Latvia and
Lithuania,now we have a big event coming up,

- on the seventeenth of October,
- Badboys group will give a show.

There will also be erotic dancerswho
teach erotic dance at hens nights.

Excellent, I'd love to
come to a night like that.

Oh, yeah.

How are you going?

I'm doing just fine.

That's great, it's
the most important!

And I will have a poppy
seed cake, please.

I say Dawid, someone's got really nice
shoes,and boom - here comes a package with shoes

with sheepskin on the
outside, funny looking.

I say Where am I suppose to
go wearing shoes like that?

Mum, you're the manager of Badboys, so
you really should wear shoes like that.

You see, would you have said a few years ago
that I would be doing what I'm doing now?

It's an outrage, what are you doing
girl,erotic dancing? It used to be like that.

But if I like it, I don't
care what other people say,

like Ewa, this or
that, you know.

I like it and I want to
do it, it's interesting.

I was in my fifties,
yeah, I was 56.

And then I started a
job with Badboys,

who'd have thought it?

Maybe you'll get together
with an older Badboy?

No, I don't want to.

You don't want to?

No, I don't want to,

I've got my Badboys and
that's enough for me...

sometimes they come to the
office,have a chat with me.

Each one more attractive and
charmingthan the last one, and me,

the only woman among
so many guys.

I love the movement, I need
it, I need adrenaline,

I like to have fun and ....
I'm a man,

I love women and in
this kind work...

maybe rather a job, right?

It gives me everything
I need, satisfaction.

200 women, right? 300,
in front of the stage.

They all want me, right?

Only waiting what I'm gonna
doand how I'm gonna do it.

It boosts your self-esteem.

The funny thing is that my friend,it's
his stag night. He's 25 and never....

He just said that he won't do
ituntil the wedding night.

He's shy, he needs applause.

He©s beginning to
be afraid of her.

Remember, he's a virgin!

The lion may wake
up too early...

All girls move their bodies!

Male companion for banquets,
travel,weddings, receptions, celebrations.

Ok..

There are many kinds of events.
You don't have to go alone or

give up the pleasure just becauseyou
have no-one to go with.

He can make you experience many
happymoments,enjoy excellent company.

Sensitive to women's needs.

OK.

I found your advertisement

and decided to write to you.

Patryk?

Hello, its Rafał.

Listen, I found your advert
on the Internet and...

Sorry?

Sorry, you're breaking up.

Can you hear me? Hello?

Patryk, I'm calling with a
- question.
- Could you possibly help me?

Patryk? Hi, it's Rafał.

Hello?

Can we address one another by first
names?it will make it easier...

Sure, sure.

- - Like I said on the phone,
- I'd like to do something similar and...

if you could tell me something
- about it,
- I'd be really grateful.

Or at least tell
me what not to do.

What you should do, is probablyplace
an advert on the Internet.

Hmmm

- - on some dating sites, or classifieds.
- And go to parties. Appear at ....

Parties? In clubs?

Exactly.

It's just that some guys
go there, some women....

Older women go there, they
likestrong guys with.... you know.

but you get different
offers, sex as well?

Or going to a banquet,
wedding, party or a ...

I don't know, don't
know what to tell you.

Of course, you always have tostand
by your own values, right?

And don't get too involved,
keep your distance.

Yeah, keep a distance
from it all.

Here you go.

Fine, thanks.

120, right?

OK

Great

And I thought?

something is going on?

right, but how many
inquiries we got.

125 000 !!!

good

Have a look at
bachelorette parties?

intimate meetings, romantic
dinners, ecstatic nights.

no, it won't be a dream?

any trick?fantasy

no?no

- trips of some prostitutes, no,
- no,
- I don't want to do it. Go on.

love triangles
and? no, that's out.

rings?!

Different sizes

And an interesting range... did
you hear me? Interesting range.

Like a grocery store!

Ok, let's do it again, go down

Ewa Wżyła, she goes
to a beautician...

yeah?

she exercises, swims?

and how she looks, damn it.

and when she wants it,
there are other pleasures.

Then there would be gossip.

Oh, listen, that guy has work all the
time,because now she has to continue and hire him

all the time, always
the same guy.

You know, I don't know if she is so
happyto always get the same one...

but what a great idea.

Kinga is really ok.

But she didn't tell me how much she
was paying for it. What's the cost?

But its always a solution.

You don't have anyone to go to
a New Year's Eve party with,

so you hire a guy... or go outto
the movies or the theatre with him.

Life starts after
forty, after fifty.

Go down, wait, here.

100% submissive male.

Nooo

Hot 20?

Hot 23-year-old for any girl.

The rest is not for us

We don't fit any standard..!

But today we'll go
out and have some fun.

We're set.

Ok, so we going out honey...

which five, you haven't
learned a five yet.

A girl asks her friend Have
you got a male companion yet?

Complete nonsense.

Do you have a gigolo,
or an escort.

Or ASSGUARD.

My assguard, yeah?

Assguard is a
good term for it.

I'd like to see a school for
men, Men for Hire or assguard...

University Of Assguards, etc.

They would learn dancing,family
conversations, dress, perfume,

basic knowledge of shops in the city,good
ones, better ones, average ones.

Getting up, serving,
holding the door.

After a year©s course,

a graduate gets an
Assguard diploma

and is hired for
an elegant party.

Hey! Wonderful.

- - Only that escort must be a great guy,
- I don't want to be escorted by just anybody.

If money helped men to pursue women,
why can't they help women to pursue men.

If a woman would like to buy a man,she
can go ahead with it, for God's sake.

It's a free country.

If there was a fantastic
guy..., you know,

I'm going for example to a boring party,and
I know there won't be anybody there

I could talk to, and I've
got nobody to go with.

I can go alone, drive to
the other side of town...

or my escort picks me up, drives me there,fills
up my glass with wine, is charming,

and nice and I pay him
200 and he'll go away.

It's like heaven.

Hello. It's nice
to hear from you.

A wedding is an excellent idea.

I hope you'll like my photo and you'llchose
me as your partner for the wedding.

I'm 5'10, 196 lbs, black-hair,
dark eyes Just my type.

- If you have any questions, go ahead,
- I've got nothing to hide, and please remember,

there is a fee for the meeting,

satisfaction guaranteed, half the money
up front,the other half afterwards.

There is a fee for a meeting,
satisfaction guaranteed,

I wonder how much guaranteed
satisfaction is worth.

Can I get a full-body photo?

Hmm, he'll write back, he
won't,he'll write back, he won't?

Maybe he's some
kind of pervert...

What's wrong with him?

He's probably looking fora
photo or just getting it done.

Hi, champ! How are you going?

What did you say?

Listen... will you have
sometime today or tomorrow?

You have to take my photo.

Doesn't matter, I need one.

Suck your belly in!

what... take the photo
of my upper body!

hey, it's not me putting
my pic on the website!

But take your hands
out of your pockets!

Do you have the full
figure in the frame?

No.

I'm glad that it is all going inthe
right direction. The price is 200.

And it includes a professional
massage,if you'll feel like one. Wow.

I'll sent my full-body shot
tonight, cause I'm in the city now.

I hope your interest
won't end on e-mailing.

Love...

...and kisses
wherever you like.

Hmm, wait a minute...

GERMANY

What involves me
personally is the fact

that there is a certain class of
womenout there who just want to find

an outlet for the dominant
partof their personalities;

in some informal and
insignificant context,

where the only thing they have to
do, is to have a pleasant evening.

This is exactly what I offer
in a variety of ways

what they want, because everyonehas
a conception and desires.

This is the exciting side of the profession,that
you can always enjoy something new.

Hi.

Hi.

Can I take this?

Thanks.

How's it going?

Not bad. I'm a
little off colour.

I had a horse riding
accident at the weekend.

Nothing major, I didn't fall offbut
I kind of twisted my ankle.

But you can walk.- Yeah of
course, it's just a bit painful

that's all. No dancing though.

So then it won't
get in our way.

Maybe a little
massage would help.

A massage? But isn't
it a bit early?

Yeah, and not here either.

Of course you'll have to goa
little bit higher than my feet?

Really?- To my
knees and thighs.

Well you know, I reckon
I could manage that.

Hello. Can I get you
something to drink?

Do you want something
to drink in the meantime?

I'll have a coffee.

A coffee?

Uhuh.

OK.

It all started when a friend
told me about his website.

After a while I visited it
just as a joke you understand.

Then I started thinking about
the descriptions on it

stuff like humble, obsequious gentleman
and so on, so I had another look.

You know,

I found something in that
wordingwhich really spoke to me

and I couldn't get
it out of my head.

From the very beginning we got on really well,he
gave it a special setting being humble.

And I really, really
enjoyed that.

He doesn't call me when
something depresses him.

I don't call him either.

That would be too much,

it would have a bad affect on my
marriageor my feelings toward my partner,

something would be taken
away from our relationship.

I pay and decide when, for how long,where,
how and what we're going to do.

Here's your coffee.

Thanks a lot.

And how about you?

Well I'm pretty
busy at the moment.

I'm working on a load of materialabout
the life of this Viennese composer.

I hope I can finish it
in a week, maybe two.

It's great to have
something creative to do.

It's quite an apt intellectual
balance to your other job.

Yeah. So you say you have
tounwind a little after last week?

Uhuh, I had a complete
nightmare with stuff at work;

on top of that there was some
crapwith my husband, he was being?

I would say pretty grumpy.

I don't even want to think aboutwhether
he knows anything about us.

Oh well...

as far as I'm concernedI
would say that for you,

for the both of you our
relationshipis a good thing really.

Yes. It's true, you do offer
mea certain type of service,

a safety valve if you like,

a release for certain thingswhich
I simply don't do with him.

It's pretty clear really.

About six months
ago I met a woman

who perfectly suited the typeof
things I'm really into,

bearing in mind my private life.

Unfortunately it didn't
end that pleasantly.

If I got into another
relationship now

there's a chance that I
would start to question

whether I could carry on
with this other stuff

It's possible that I would say yes,with pleasure,
because I can't see any specific conflict

between these two worlds.

After all in this businessI'm
not in love with these women.

It's pretty normal that feelings become
arousedeven in the course of one evening.

But it's something completely
differentthan a long-term relationship

where people share eventhe
most mundane issues in life.

What I do, it's not exactly?

I don't want to pass judgement now,it's
just less than a fleeting romance.

It's business.

That's what I call a tattoo,

it is a dragon with a poem
in Chinese next to it.

The poem is about my mum,she
passed away in 2002.

It is about my love for my
mum,connected with how I live my life.

I'm trying to do it the
waymy mum would like me to.

I think you went a bit
too far with the kisses.

I wonder if...

you really have only
a wedding in mind...

Why did I go too far, Marylka...
Maybe it's only your imagination?

Allright...

Ok then, you didn't go too far.

Hmm, my imagination....

ok, whatever.

Hmm, we can think of
something more if you want.

Tuesday, seven?

We'll meet on Saturday,just
before the wedding.

If all the guys
around me are dull,

it comes to that, I go to a wedding witha
guyI found on the internet and I hired him

and paid him to go to
the wedding with me.

In Poland we have
quite strict rules.

Women are usually at home,taking
care of their husbands,

taking care of the kids and at thesame
time have a job and make money.

Great. That a woman does
something like that....

like... no, it's not possible, how... absolutely.

Instead of minding our own
business,we look at others.

Yes

I think that this wouldn't
be a problem abroad.

Don't you think that a guywho
advertises in the Internet

is a very weak man, isn't capable...isn't
he just helpless, by any chance?

You know what, I'll just
take the guy to the wedding

and have some fun with him.

So that's all it means to you?

Yes

OK

Anyway, I understand
everything,but secretly I hope...

That??

that you'll do
everything you can,

during the party, to
try not to give him...

reasons

to think more than he should.

Listen, ok, I've got
a proposition for you.

What is it?

I've known you
for a long time.

A long time.

How long, 5 years??

5 years.

And I trust you.

I could ask you for exampleto
go with me to the wedding...

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