Adua and Her Friends

Adua and Her Friends(1960)

7.3/10
65 votes
125 minSeptember 16, 1960

Overview

When a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business running a restaurant. They discover they cannot escape their past.

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