Films by Claudia Trost

Germany 2017, 52 min
by Mechthild Gaßner

Nina, Edith and Ronald are sexual assistants. Their clients are people with disabilities, their job: to satisfy their desire for physical contact. Is this a form of prostitution? A study of a taboo subject.“I’m no different to anyone else!” says Torsten in his wheelchair.”I also long for tenderness, intimacyand sex.“ The sexual needs of the disabled are generally not recognised; in fact, we do not expectdisabled people to have such feelings. People like Nina, Edith and Ronald have a different ap