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Hollywood movies and TV shows tend to focus on the more decadent aspects of Thai culture — from the all-night Full Moon Party to sex tourism in Bangkok.

This reflects the repugnance of sex tourism in today’s Nagasaki, the latest form of white gaze.

Despite the rise in sex tourism, many visitors to Medellin are pulled in by its vibrant culture, the stunning natural beauty of the valley and the city’s complicated history.

The film’s intimate moments and lively music underscore its exploration of issues like human trafficking and sex tourism.

Starkly transactional sex scenes, expunged of movie-star glamour and filmed with an irreducible mix of cruelty and pathos, are a Seidl signature, most obviously in “Paradise: Love,” his sun-scorched 2012 portrait of African sex tourism.