Magdalen

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Magdalen is a tavern in Scheherazade, a prostitute who sells stories in a seedy Philadelphia dive bar. Her clients include Mr. Jones, an angry black businessman who wants to hear the same graphic, sexual fantasy every night; Jace, a droll, Mishima-loving slacker/writer looking for an ending to his novel; Phil, a precocious skater-boy who wants to understand his dead father; and Edward, a shy 53-year old virgin looking for love.

Alix D. Smith is Magdalen McElhinney, a tough, brainy femme noir, whose name suggests that the film