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In Bern, Madame Mercedes has been working for 35 years in her car as a prostitute. An intimate and subtle portrait about ageing as a prostitute, a documentary about a vanishing chapter of habits in Switzerland.
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Heinz von Foerster Self
Tenzin Gyatso Self
Amy Cohen Varela Self
Humberto Maturana Self
Leonor Varela Self
Francisco Varela Self
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