is a highly controversial 2001 documentary film by Swedish director and performance artist Pål Hollender. It explores the dark underbelly of the Latvian sex industry, specifically examining how it was fueled by businessmen and sex tourists visiting Riga from Sweden.
: Film scholars often analyze the film alongside Lukas Moodysson's Lilya 4-ever as part of a wave of Swedish media that explored themes of guilt and moral decay regarding the Baltic states following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Buy Bye Beauty (2001) - SFdb - Svensk Filmdatabas Buy Bye Beauty
: Critics heavily condemned the film for reinforcing the very economic inequalities and predatory behaviors it claimed to critique. is a highly controversial 2001 documentary film by
: Hollender claimed the act was an artistic and journalistic endeavor to fully expose the transactional nature of the industry and the complicity of the viewer/tourist. However, it served to utterly shatter his own public image. 📋 Film Specifications Director : Pål Hollender Release Year : 2001 Filming Location : Riga, Latvia Buy Bye Beauty (2001) - SFdb - Svensk
: Narrated in English; interviews conducted in Russian and Latvian Funding : Co-financed by the Swedish Film Institute ⚡ Key Controversies & Ethical Debates
: Shot in Riga in July 2000, the film originally presents itself as a traditional, critical documentary investigating the prostitution landscape in post-Soviet Latvia.
: Because the women featured in the film are identifiable, Hollender has historically refused to allow the film to be screened in Latvia to protect them from further local exposure.